Love, Murder, and Corruption in Lancaster County: My Story

The police and prosecutorial misconduct was not only outrageous, but also led directly to the conviction of a woman we have found by clear and convincing evidence to have been actually innocent of first-degree murder. So said Philadelphia federal court judge Stewart Dalzell in 1997 as he overturned Lisa Lambert s 1992 conviction for the murder of her supposed romantic rival, Laurie Show. Sixteen months later, Lambert s conviction and life sentence were reinstated through further corruption in Lancaster County. Since then, she has fought doggedly to regain her freedom. From her prison cell, Lambert vividly recounts the details of her turbulent childhood; her relationship with her violent boyfriend, Lawrence Yunkin, along with the couple s friend Tabitha Buck; her long, circuitous odyssey through the judicial system; and her attempts to survive in some of the country s toughest women s prisons. David Brown, a lawyer in Philadelphia who conducted extensive research on the case, analyzes the complex legal issues at hand and reveals the sleazy, politically motivated misconduct engaged in by judges and prosecutors hell-bent on keeping Lisa incarcerated. Together, the authors tell a gripping story about a travesty of justice and a woman s boundless determination to vindicate herself. In the end, it is you, the reader, who must decide: Did Lisa do it? Was she a killer or the victim of severe prosecutorial misconduct?