Geragos, Mark,  1957- <br/><br/>
Mistrial :  an inside look at how the criminal justice system works ... and sometimes doesn't / 
Mark Geragos and Pat Harris. 
 - viii, 274 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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??? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781592407729 1592407722 9781592408443 1592408443 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136  SAN 282-5074 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013016176 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.<br/>Criminal courts--United States.<br/>Trial practice--United States.<br/>Lawyers--United States.<br/>Judicial error--United States.<br/>Lawyers<br/>Criminal courts.<br/>Criminal justice, Administration of.<br/>Judicial error.<br/>Trial practice.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Nonfiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9223  / .G38 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.73