Dedham resident Jan Brogan spoke on her book, The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice (2022). The topic is a true account of a 1976 murder of a football player, the three Black men charged, the Italian mob, and two trials that changed the way juries are chosen in Massachusetts and the nation.
The Combat Zone is about how a murder trial isn’t always about the victim and accused, but about a city in turmoil and a criminal justice system in need of reform.