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A Parallel Universe
Alex Landon and Elaine Halleck
Non-fiction and fiction
263 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0-9827343-7-7
Price $19.95
Alex Landon and Elaine Halleck
Non-fiction and fiction
263 pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0-9827343-7-7
Price $19.95
The book
Here is a unique bringing together of non-fiction (the lawyer's perspective) and
fiction (the writer's view) on a topic of devastating concern to victims and the
accused. Alex Landon (the lawyer) and Elaine Halleck (the writer) explore a
particularly difficult topic; the effect of laws enacted in the aftermath of brutal
child abductions and murders on those accused of lesser sexual crimes or those
falsely accused and the effect on society as a whole.
"In 2010, with the ink hardly dry on the first draft of this book, yet another clot
of sexually motivated murders triggered a new aneurism in California’s collective
consciousness. The sorry and sordid killings of two teenagers, Chelsea King and
Renee Dubois, evidenced uncanny similarities with the 2002 series of child
abductions and killings that sparked the political mayhem that exiles people into
the “parallel universe” detailed in these pages.
"While Elaine Halleck’s portion of the tale shows how policies of the criminal
justice system might exile one person from any sustaining contact with his
community and from any protection by civilizing principles that have evolved
over the centuries, Alex Landon’s non-fiction sections show how these policies
have had severe effects on many other people and on the community at large. The
ruinous expense of such policies is an important point in many of Landon’s
chapters." - from the Introduction
Author Biographies
Alex Landon is an attorney specializing in criminal law. He is an adjunct
professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, teaching Corrections and
Sentencing for 26 years; past president of California Attorneys for Criminal
Justice and the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association; and former
Executive Director of the Defenders Program of San Diego, Inc. He is a frequent
speaker at seminars and public programs.
Elaine Halleck is a journalist, graphic designer and linguist. She has contributed
to publications including the (Detroit) Metro Times, the Tokyo Journal, the
Sacramento News and Review and the Guadalajara Reporter.
Here is a unique bringing together of non-fiction (the lawyer's perspective) and
fiction (the writer's view) on a topic of devastating concern to victims and the
accused. Alex Landon (the lawyer) and Elaine Halleck (the writer) explore a
particularly difficult topic; the effect of laws enacted in the aftermath of brutal
child abductions and murders on those accused of lesser sexual crimes or those
falsely accused and the effect on society as a whole.
"In 2010, with the ink hardly dry on the first draft of this book, yet another clot
of sexually motivated murders triggered a new aneurism in California’s collective
consciousness. The sorry and sordid killings of two teenagers, Chelsea King and
Renee Dubois, evidenced uncanny similarities with the 2002 series of child
abductions and killings that sparked the political mayhem that exiles people into
the “parallel universe” detailed in these pages.
"While Elaine Halleck’s portion of the tale shows how policies of the criminal
justice system might exile one person from any sustaining contact with his
community and from any protection by civilizing principles that have evolved
over the centuries, Alex Landon’s non-fiction sections show how these policies
have had severe effects on many other people and on the community at large. The
ruinous expense of such policies is an important point in many of Landon’s
chapters." - from the Introduction
Author Biographies
Alex Landon is an attorney specializing in criminal law. He is an adjunct
professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, teaching Corrections and
Sentencing for 26 years; past president of California Attorneys for Criminal
Justice and the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association; and former
Executive Director of the Defenders Program of San Diego, Inc. He is a frequent
speaker at seminars and public programs.
Elaine Halleck is a journalist, graphic designer and linguist. She has contributed
to publications including the (Detroit) Metro Times, the Tokyo Journal, the
Sacramento News and Review and the Guadalajara Reporter.
