Mistrial
Subtitle: an inside look at how the criminal justice system works ... and sometimes doesn't
By: Mark Geragos and Pat Harris
Contributors: Harris, Pat (Patrick), author
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781592407729; 9781592408443
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Criminal courts; Trial practice; Lawyers; Judicial error
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Politics, O.J. Simpson, and the rise of the angry blond white women; title: Defense attorneys : we sleep very well at night, thank you very much; title: Clients : thirty-nine floors is a long way to fall; title: Prosecutors : being a prosecutor means never having to say you're sorry; title: Judges : at least get it wrong for both sides; title: Police officers : to preserve, protect, and to lie; title: Jurors : nobody knows anything; title: Media : shame on you for believing what we say; title: The best system in the world???