Danger Road: A True Crime Story of Murder and Redemption

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Product description Danger Road chronicles the incredible true story of three drug dealers who were brutally murdered in 1983 on Danger Road in the Florida Everglades. Lured into a phony drug deal, each victim allegedly found themselves at the business end of a gun wielded by a Miami-Dade police officer. But police and prosecutors say Officer Gilbert Fernandez, Jr. and his crew weren't there to arrest the drug dealers. They were there to execute them and steal their eight kilos of cocaine. The story details the transformation of Fernandez, during the intervening years between the 1983 murders and his triple-murder indictment in 1990. The man once named Miami 's Meanest Cop no longer abused and intimidated detainees; he had become a loving father who lived to convert people to his newfound faith in Christianity. In spite of this radical transformation, Fernandez found himself on trial for his life in 1991. Danger Road is the story of that trial, told by John P. Contini, the Fort Lauderdale criminal lawyer who represented him. Review " Danger Road rips the curtain off a high profile murder case that has the highest stakes possible: life or death. Then it takes you into the bowels of the justice system and on this journey you go from the darkest, coldest heart to the crowning glory of the human condition. Danger Road is a searing and scintillating gawk at the truth about our legal system and ourselves." -- Howard Finkelstein, trial lawyer "John Contini has written a fascinating true crime book of one of the most high profile murder cases in Broward County history. In addition, he has managed to superbly display the psychology behind the tense moments in the courtroom with his frank disclosure of his own insightful self-talk during that time. It is as honest as it gets and I was not able to put the book down.. and I already knew the ending!" --Michael Brannon, forensic psychologist "John's work goes beyond just being another true crime book: It is a riveting morality treatise affording extraordinary insight into a homicide's rippling effects not only on the immediate participants but also on all who are touched by the ongoing waves of its horror - yet revealing hope that a measure of good can spring out of even the machinations of evil. " --Brian Cavanagh, Chief of Homicide, Broward State Attorney's OfficeJohn Contini has written a fascinating true crime book of one of the most high profile murder cases in Broward County history. In addition, he has managed to superbly display the psychology behind the tense moments in the courtroom with his frank disclosure of his own insightful self-talk during that time. It is as honest as it gets and I was not able to put the book down.. and I already knew the ending! --Michael Brannon, forensic psychologistJohn s work goes beyond just being another true crime book: It is a riveting morality treatise affording extraordinary insight into a homicide's rippling effects not only on the immediate participants but also on all who are touched by the ongoing waves of its horror - yet revealing hope that a measure of good can spring out of even the machinations of evil. --Brian Cavanagh, Chief of Homicide, Broward State Attorney"s Office About the Author John Patrick Contini is a former prosecutor and veteran South Florida criminal defense attorney since 1983. With over twenty years experience as a trial attorney, he appears in Federal Courts throughout the nation and Florida. He received his BA in 1979 from the University of Massachusetts and his Juris Doctor in 1982 from the New England School of Law. He is a frequent speaker at area schools, drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities (i.e., Faith Farm), jails and prisons, juvenile boot camps, church youth groups, and radio/cable TV talk shows. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the Florida Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the National