Mistrial : an inside look at how the criminal justice system works ... and sometimes doesn't / Mark Geragos and Pat Harris.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013]Description: viii, 274 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781592407729
  • 1592407722
  • 9781592408443
  • 1592408443
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 345.73 23
LOC classification:
  • KF9223 .G38 2013
Contents:
Politics, O.J. Simpson, and the rise of the angry blond white women -- Defense attorneys : we sleep very well at night, thank you very much -- Clients : thirty-nine floors is a long way to fall -- Prosecutors : being a prosecutor means never having to say you're sorry -- Judges : at least get it wrong for both sides -- Police officers : to preserve, protect, and to lie -- Jurors : nobody knows anything -- Media : shame on you for believing what we say -- The best system in the world???
Summary: A critical manifesto on the vulnerabilities of the criminal justice system argues that the modern, sensation-driven media reflects only a small and distorted example of what really happens in courtrooms. Source other than the Library of Congress.
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Includes index.

Politics, O.J. Simpson, and the rise of the angry blond white women -- Defense attorneys : we sleep very well at night, thank you very much -- Clients : thirty-nine floors is a long way to fall -- Prosecutors : being a prosecutor means never having to say you're sorry -- Judges : at least get it wrong for both sides -- Police officers : to preserve, protect, and to lie -- Jurors : nobody knows anything -- Media : shame on you for believing what we say -- The best system in the world???

A critical manifesto on the vulnerabilities of the criminal justice system argues that the modern, sensation-driven media reflects only a small and distorted example of what really happens in courtrooms. Source other than the Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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