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  “True Crime” by David Grann, first published in The New Yorker, February 11/18. Copyright © 2008 by David Grann. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Body Snatchers” by Dan P. Lee, first published in Philadelphia magazine, April. Copyright © 2008 by Dan P. Lee. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Tribal Wars” by Matt McAllester, first published in Details, March. Copyright © 2008 by Matt McAllester. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Day Kennedy Died” by Michael J. Mooney, first published in D Magazine, November. Copyright © 2008 by Michael J. Mooney. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Hate and Death” by R. Scott Moxley, first published in OC Weekly, July 18. Copyright © 2008 by R. Scott Moxley. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Dead Man’s Float” by Stephen Rodrick, first published in New York magazine, February 18. Copyright © 2008 by Stephen Rodrick. Reprinted by permission of New York magazine and the author.

  “American Murder Mystery” by Hanna Rosin, first published in The Atlantic, July/August. Copyright © 2008 by Hanna Rosin. Reprinted by permission of The Wylie Agency, LLC.

  “The Color of Blood” by Calvin Trillin, first published in The New Yorker, March 2. Copyright © 2008 by Calvin Trillin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Breaking the Bank” by L. Jon Wertheim, first published in Sports Illustrated, April 14. Copyright © 2008 by L. Jon Wertheim. Reprinted by permission of Sports Illustrated.

  “Non-Lethal Force” by Alec Wilkinson, first published in The New Yorker, June 2. Copyright © 2008 by Alec Wilkinson. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  THE BEST AMERICAN CRIME REPORTING 2009. Copyright © 2009 by Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook. Introduction © 2009 by Jeffrey Toobin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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