{"id":262,"date":"2025-02-17T20:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maggiemichaels.clients-demo-website.com\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2025-02-17T20:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:52:31","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maggiemichaels.clients-demo-website.com\/?page_id=262","title":{"rendered":"About The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"262\" class=\"elementor elementor-262\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cf33caf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cf33caf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e8853c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76e8853c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac3368b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ac3368b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Book <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277eba45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"277eba45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6366e81e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6366e81e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d63c956 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d63c956\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8c54b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed8c54b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3e538d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3e538d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Mercy Seat: An American Odyssey of Injustice and Redemption<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39eee08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39eee08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Falsely accused. Wrongfully convicted. A battle for justice that refused to be silenced.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad92d33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ad92d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1985, Margaret K. Michaels was a young teacher pursuing her dreams. In an instant, everything changed. A knock at the door led to a nightmare\u2014a wrongful accusation of child abuse that spiraled into one of the most infamous criminal cases of its time.<\/p><p>With no physical evidence and an investigation built on flawed interrogation techniques, hysteria, and coerced testimonies, Margaret was convicted and sentenced to 47 years in prison. 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