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Run Bambi Run
Author: Kris Radish

This is the shocking, true story of Laurie Bembenek, ex-cop, feminist, and former Playboy bunny, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Accused of killing her husband's ex-wife, "Bambi" made headlines in People, Vanity Fair, the New York Times and the Washington Post. — Now Kris Radish--the only writer whom Bembene... more »k trusts--tells how "Bambi" may in fact be a tragic victim herself. The daughter of a cop, Laurie was an outstanding student in her police academy class. Once on the force, she was horrified by the police improprieties she encountered, cops having sex with prostitutes and selling drugs and pornography and she was removed from the Milwaukee Police Department for a minor violation. After the murder occurred, Laurie's husband was granted immunity, and his testimony worked against her and aided in her conviction. Defended by a lawyer who was later disbarred, Bembenek was convicted on what the presiding judge called the most circumstantial evidence he had ever seen.

Run, Bambi, Run is also the story of the dauntless private investigator, Ira B. Robins. Convinced of Bambi's innocence, Robins risks everything, including his own life (he receives numerous death threats), to uncover a trail of tampered evidence, hidden testimony, pornography, illicit sex and drugs and misguided justice. readers will discover how the evidence was twisted and how Robins exposed an intricate plan of deception that included a switched murder weapon and a fatal bullet, a discarded wig, witness tampering, and other illegal acts.

Run, Bambi, Run provides a wrenching look at the pain and anguish of a woman who spent more than ten years fighting for her freedom. Readers step inside a women's prison and the justice system and realize the frightening truth: What happened to Bambi could happen to anyone. On the evening of July 15, 1990, after eight years in Wisconsin's Taycheedah Correctional Institute, Laurie Bembenek squirmed through an eight-inch opening in a prison laundry room wall and, with the aid of her thirty-four-year-old lover, fled to Canada. The hunt was on. But in no time, bumper stickers and T-shirts with the legend "Run, Bambi, Run" appeared everywhere. To the people, Laurencia Ann Bembenek was fleeing injustice, and they urged her on.

On October 14, 1991, a Milwaukee judge ordered a secret investigation into the circumstances that led up to Laurie Bembenek's arrest and conviction to see whether she had been framed. At this time she is seeking refugee status in Canada, claiming she was persecuted in the United States.