Selwyn Raab is an author and former investigative reporter for The New York Times.[1] He has written extensively about the American Mafia.
Raab attended City College of New York where he received a degree in journalism. He then went to work as an investigative journalist for the New York World Telegram & Sun where he became determined to prove the innocence of George Whitmore Jr. who had been falsely accused of the Career Girls Murders. After the closure of the newspaper Raab moved to WNET-13 where he continued working on the case. Raab's research led to Whitmore's exoneration in 1974 and he received a New York Press Club Award for Outstanding Television Journalism for his work on the case.
In 1974, Raab became a metropolitan staff reporter for The New York Times where he covered crime stories, particularly those that involved the American Mafia. In addition to his newspaper career, Raab has also published several books, including Justice in the Back Room which formed the basis for the CBS television series Kojak.