Meet the Authors

Leslie H. Leland was born and raised in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  He graduated from Mass College of Pharmacy in 1963 and then moved to Chappaquiddick Island to work for his grandfather, later buying Leslie’s Pharmacy from his grandmother after his grandfather’s death. He owned and ran the pharmacy for 43 years, retiring several years ago. He served as a captain on the Tisbury Volunteer Fire Department, also for 43 years, and has been involved politically on the island as a county commissioner for the past 11 years.

J.B. Shaffer grew up in Chicago and currently resides in Southeast Florida. He is a retired advertising and marketing businessman who has written advertising copy and articles for trade magazines.

 

 

 

 

 

The American justice system is responsible for maintaining social control, deterring crime, and sentencing those who violate laws with penalties. The American justice system protects and services the American people, or does it? 

1969, Chappaquiddick, Martha’s Vineyard:  Mary Jo Kopechne is the unsuspecting victim of a fatal car accident.  The driver is Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy.  This is a story that details the investigation, inquest, and grand jury deliberations into the young woman’s untimely death.  

Leslie H. Leland, jury foreman, gives his own account of how the entire grand jury was stymied in seeking evidence relating to the accident caused by Senator Ted Kennedy and the threats that were made on Leland and his family’s lives. A never before reported analysis of how the grand jury was denied its own legal rights, Left to Die is an example of how power and corruption can override America’s justice system.  Upon hearing the details, one judge stated, “That was not only intimidation that was tampering with the grand jury.” 

Based on true events, Left to Die is a powerful vindication of one man’s witness to the 1969 Chappaquiddick case against Senator Ted Kennedy.
 

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