Jim Bakker: Miscarriage of Justice?
Albert, a trial attorney and Drake University law professor, helped with imprisoned televangelist Jim Bakker's probation appeal. He claims that Bakker was badly treated during his 1989 fraud trial and that he was never guilty of fraud in a legal sense. This book traces the entire story of the Bakkers' ministry, centering on how their Heritage USA Christian resort led to their downfall. While Albert does not sugarcoat the Bakkers, portraying them as shallow, greedy, vain, and insensitive, he attempts to prove that, under different circumstances, there could have been a hung jury. His prose is graceless at times, and the work would have benefitted from cutting. However, Albert does offer a thought-provoking overview of one of the more bizarre trials of recent years.?Richard S. Watts, San Bernardino Cty. Lib., Cal.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.