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  • Living Justice: Love, Freedom, and the Making of The Exonerated
    Author: Blank, Jessica & Erik Jensen
    Publisher: Atria $ 25 ISBN: 0743483456 Date: 2005
    starBooklist
    Part social commentary, part love story, this powerful memoir chronicles the authors' cross-country journey to talk to formerly condemned inmates and how they turned this experience into "the best play of the year" ("The New York Times").
    Updated 3.3.05
  • Courtroom 302: A Year in Felony Court
    Author: Bogira, Steve
    Publisher: Knopf $ 25 ISBN: 0679432523 Date: 2005
    starKirkusstarPW
    Fast-paced and bursting with character and incident, this is a singularly illuminating exploration of America's criminal justice system from the inside out.
    Updated 2.14.05
  • Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments
    by Dunne, Dominick
    Publisher: Crown $ 24 ISBN: 0609608738 Date: 2001
    starPWstarKirkus
    In this fascinating collection, the world's most accomplished chronicler of the crimes of the wealthy writes on some of the most notorious trials of our times, including the explosive Martha Moxley murder case, the trials of O.J. Simpson and Claus von Bulow, and Dunne's heartrending report of the trial of his daughter's killer.
    Suggested Reading: True Crime Stars
  • History on Trial: My Day in Court With David Irving
    Author: Lipstadt, Deborah E.
    Publisher: Ecco $ 25.95 ISBN: 0060593768 Date: 2005
    starKirkus
    History on Trial is Deborah Lipstadt's personal, riveting chronicle of the legal battle with Irving, in which she went from a relatively quiet existence as a professor at an American university to being a defendant in a sensational libel case. - Publisher Marketing.
    Updated 11.25.04