True justice
By: Robert K. Tanenbaum.
Series: Thorndike Press large print mystery series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Thorndike, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 681
Subjects: Karp, Butch (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Ciampi, Marlene (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Public prosecutors -- Fiction.; Trials (Murder) -- Fiction.; Married people -- Fiction.; Women lawyers -- Fiction.; Teenagers -- Fiction.; Large type books.; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.; Delaware -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: For Butch Karp, chief assistant district attorney for New York County, the nightmare begins when a shocking act of negligence results in homicide. Goaded by the media's sensational publicity, the public is screaming for blood, and Karp's boss, D.A. Jack Keegan, is listening. He has ordered the prosecution of a fifteen-year-old for murder, intent on making a very public example of the girl. A Hispanic from a poor neighborhood, she's an easy mark for big-city bureaucracy and bigotry. It is Butch Karp's unpleasant job to see that the prosecution gives the public what it wants: a quick and thorough administration of hard-line justice.