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May 4, 2019 · by Casey Cep. Sat 4 May 2019 02.00 EDT. Nobody dies at a funeral. The dead arrive that way, and the living are supposed to leave that way. But the Rev Willie Maxwell walked into a funeral that...
Sep 9, 2015 · Radney had successfully defended the preacher, Will Maxwell, in his homicide case and then defended Burns, the man who shot Maxwell. Radney turned over all of his case files to Lee to help her ...
It detailed the murder of Reverend Willie Maxwell, the crimes he was accused and acquitted of before his death, and Lee's plans to write a true crime book about the case, tentatively...
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May 9, 2019 · Journalist Casey Cep has written a new book on the Maxwell murders and Lee’s investigation. Furious Hours delves deeply into the lives of the Reverend Maxwell; Tom Radney, the lawyer who defended him; and Harper Lee herself. APR’s Alex AuBuchon spoke with Cep earlier this week about her book.
May 7, 2019 · This is a true crime story about Reverend Willie Maxwell who was implicated in the deaths of 6 people over the course of 7 years. He was tried and acquitted once and was murdered by the uncle of his purported final victim before charges could be brought against him.
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May 6, 2019 · “Reverend Maxwell,” people called him. Eventually fired from his job at the textile mill, he found new work pulping wood and drilling rock — messy, dangerous tasks.
May 2, 2019 · In 1977, the Rev. Willie Maxwell, an uneducated black preacher in rural Alabama, was shot dead at a funeral service while on trial for murdering his 16-year-old stepdaughter. A charming dapper...
