Review Of Jennifer Thompson's Picking Cotton

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In the book Picking Cotton Jennifer Thompson was raped, in 1984, by an African American male that broke into her home. While being attacked Thompson made a conscious effort to remember her assailants facial features. If she was able to survive this horrific event she was determined to assist law enforcement to catch the man that was attacking her. Thompson was able to escape her assailant and report the event to law enforcement. She was put into contact with Detective Gauldin and over the course of several days tips started to come into the department, one of them was about Ronald Cotton. Detective Gauldin constructed a line-up and Thompson came in to see if any of them matched her assailant. During a line up Thompson picked out Cotton as her

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