num_pages: 416
description: Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira's masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America.
language: English
title: Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
titlecomplete: Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
genres: Social Justice, Law, History, Sociology, Journalism, Memoir, Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime, Politics
ratings_count: 1599
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Vintage