Doing justice : a prosecutor's thoughts on crime, punishment, and the rule of law /
The former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York recounts captivating tales of true crime from his years atop the most storied prosecutor's office in the country -- inside stories of terrorists threatening America, mob hit men, billion-dollar fraudsters, corrupt politicia...
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2019
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Inquiry : The truth is elusive: the boys
- Things are not what they seem: "urbane cowboys"
- Gold-standard investigators: the ethic of the mob buster Kenny McCabe
- The problem of confirmation bias: latent fingerprint 17
- The need for rigor: a death in Soundview
- Curiosity and query: asking basic questions
- The principles of interrogation: "barbarism is not necessary"
- Snitches: the moral quicksand of cooperating witnesses
- Continuity and change: justice through innovation
- Part II. Accusation : The grinding machinery
- God forbid
- Walking away
- Culture
- Bollywood
- Part III. Judgment : Day in court
- The judge
- The trial
- Three men in a room
- The verdict
- Part IV. Punishment : Baby Carlina
- Lord of the flies
- Beyond justice