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Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.- Living Justice: Love, Freedom, and the Making of The Exonerated
Author: Blank, Jessica & Erik Jensen
Publisher: Atria $ 25 ISBN: 0743483456 Date: 2005
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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: 2005KirkusPW
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: 2001PWKirkus
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: 2005Kirkus
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