TY  - BOOK
AU  - Geragos,Mark
AU  - Harris,Pat
TI  - Mistrial: an inside look at how the criminal justice system works ... and sometimes doesn't 
SN  - 9781592407729
AV  - KF9223 .G38 2013
U1  - 345.73 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Gotham Books
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - United States
KW  - Criminal courts
KW  - Trial practice
KW  - Lawyers
KW  - Judicial error
KW  - fast
KW  - Nonfiction
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and 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???
N2  - 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
ER  -