Was Justice Served?

<p>During her career Julie Grace worked for several political icons including Paul Simon Alan Dixon Joseph Kennedy Walter Mondale and Jimmy Carter. In 1991 she accepted a job with <i>TIME</i> magazine where she specialized in social issues and was touted as one of <i>TIME</i>'s best human drama reporters. </p> <p>Although Julie appeared to have a solid career her world began to crumble when the stresses of her job became more than she could handle. In order to cope she turned to alcohol. Eventually her addiction cost her the job. It was then that she sought help in an alcohol rehabilitation program. There she met George Thompson and they soon developed an extremely close relationship. </p> <p>Unfortunately the relationship was rocky and George physically abused Julie on numerous occasions. Tragically on May 20 2003 the abuse ended when Julie died three days after one of their abusive encounters. George initially confessed to her murder but when his case went to trial he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter rather than first degree homicide. </p> <p>Ruth Grace Julie's mother was shocked. She blamed the Illinois judicial system for miscarriage of justice. Now with the help of author Nancy Hoff man she examines her daughter's case in detail. Read the witnesses testimonies and judge for yourself-<i>Was Justice Served?</i></p>