Diary of a DA : the true story of the prosecutor who took on the mob, fought corruption, and won /

Diary of a DA : the true story of the prosecutor who took on the mob, fought corruption, and won /

A famous district attorney and federal judge who helped in the captures and convictions of Malcolm X's killers, the corrupt head of the French CIA and a real-life Tony Soprano traces his career while describing his contributions to fighting corruption and dismantling organized crime in New Jers...

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Main Author: Stern, Herbert Jay, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2012
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Stern, Herbert Jay, > 1936-
Public prosecutors > New York (State) > Biography
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Table of Contents:
  • FOR THE PEOPLE: The Complaint Bureau : February-December 1962
  • The Indictment Bureau : 1962-1963
  • The Criminal Court Bureau : 1963
  • "Why did you prosecute him?" : 1963
  • The end of the beginning : 1963-1964
  • The Homicide Bureau : 1964
  • "Get me out of here" : May-December 1964
  • The beginning of the end : December 1964-February 1965
  • Time to move on : January-February 21, 1965
  • The murder of Malcolm X : February 21, 1965
  • The murderers : February-April 1965
  • "The kid had the key" : April-August 1965
  • A new beginning : April-September 1965
  • FOR THE UNITED STATES: The Department of Justice : November 1, 1965
  • Peter Weber : November 1-December 31, 1965
  • New Jersey : January 1966
  • Operation Pipeline : January 1966
  • Price Tower : January 1966
  • The special grand jury : January-May 1966
  • The visits : June 1966
  • The best lawyers in America : July 1966-February 1967
  • Motions and riots : February 1967-November 1968
  • Voir dire : November 13-14, 1968
  • The opening argument : November 19, 1968
  • "That was very good" : November 19, 1968
  • Simon Hirsch Rifkind : November 1968
  • "The dirty bastards are shaking us down" : November-December 1968
  • "The meat of the coconut" : December 1968
  • "I swear before my God" : December 1968
  • Final argument : January 1969
  • "Political money is cash money" : January 1969
  • The thing we have to fear : January 1969
  • Verdict : January 23, 1969
  • Dead man's testimony : January 23-April 15, 1969
  • Mugs, jurors, and openings : April 15-18, 1969
  • "Déjà vu all over again" : April 17-18, 1969
  • A dead man testifies : April 18-May 28, 1969
  • "You were out with a blonde" : April 22-May 28, 1969
  • The most important witness : May 28, 1969
  • A union man : May 29, 1969
  • The Miss MItzi : May 30-June 5, 1969
  • Verdict : June 5-7, 1969
  • "No one may pay a public official" : Simon HIrsch Rifkind : June 9-27, 1969
  • BATMAN AND ROBIN : THE FULCRUM: Jersey boys : June 27-August 14, 1969
  • Henry and me : August 14-21, 1969
  • A letter from the grave : August 22-September 2, 1969
  • "Hughie gave us the city" : August 28-September 2, 1969
  • "A stench in the nostrils" : September 2, 1969
  • Stepping on toes : September 3-December 3, 1969
  • "Let's go" : December 4-5, 1969
  • "The biggest secret" : December 5-7, 1969
  • "An efficient and effective government" : December 7-17, 1969
  • Gerald Martin Zelmanowitz : December 17, 1969-January 5, 1970
  • Trials and tapes : January 5-6, 1970
  • A beating and a stipulation : January 7, 1970
  • Trial within and without : January 8-28, 1970
  • Confrontation, in court and at the bar : January 1970
  • The Don : January 1970
  • "Even the nice people" : January 29-February 10, 1970
  • "A frame up all the way" : February 10-March 5, 1970
  • "We'll all have to stay home" : March 4-May 12, 1970
  • "The kind of thing Americans don't like" : May 12-June 1, 1970
  • "A reign of terror : like the French Revolution" : June 2-9, 1970
  • Hero and heroine : June 8-16, 1970
  • "The spaghetti is on" : June 16-July 1, 1970
  • "You may sit . . . Mr. Guilty" : July 1-22, 1970
  • "For the greater good" : July 23-August 31, 1970
  • "No ordinary crimes" : July 27-September 22, 1970
  • "That great Jewish lawyer" : September 22-October 29, 1970
  • "Let me finish" : October 30-November 1970
  • "The President is entitled to the lawyer of his choice" : November 4-16, 1970
  • The commission : November 16-December 31, 1970
  • Acting U.S. Attorney : January 1-31, 1971
  • THE LEVER: United States Attorney : February 1-19, 1971
  • Washington, Trenton, and Paris : February 19-March 31, 1971
  • "An X will be fine" : March 31-May 17, 1971
  • "A way of life" : May 17, 1971
  • Trashcans and Florida bank accounts : May 17-31, 1971
  • The boss is out : May 31-June 22, 1971
  • "Quite a saver, quite a housewife" : June 22-July 3, 1971
  • He built the Garden State Parkway : July 3-4, 1971
  • Heroes : July 3-4, 1971
  • "Do you want me in this job?" : July 5, 1971
  • "You have eighteen months" : July 7-August 18, 1971
  • South Jersey Republicans and lefties : August 18-September 1971
  • "Still want the job?" : September 1971
  • Fiat justitia ruat caelum : September 15-28, 1971
  • The Jersey Shore : October 1-November 2, 1971
  • Jersey City; Atlantic City; Paris, France : November 2-15, 1971
  • Come and stand trial : November 15-December 3, 1971
  • A PLACE TO STAND: Full salary : December 3, 1971
  • Newsmaker : December 3, 1971-January 15, 1972
  • "Foaming at the mouth" : January 15-March 27, 1972
  • "Why that's bullshit, Mr. Gallagher" : "try to prove it, Mr. Stern" : March 27-April 14, 1972
  • Under attack : April 11-21 1972
  • "I'll have to investigate" : April 21-26, 1972
  • A nation of men as well as laws : May 1972
  • A stench lingers : May 2-23, 1972
  • A matter of privilege : May 23-July 1, 1972
  • "Sealed with a kiss" : July 1-August 1, 1972
  • Ghosts : August 1-November 9, 1972
  • Looking ahead : September 1-November 9, 1972
  • A private inquiry and a Christmas gift : November 9-December 1972
  • "Mr. Stern and his staff merit cooperation" : January 1-9, 1973
  • "We will summon the wind" : January 10-February 28, 1973
  • Off to the races : March 1-20, 1973
  • "We are going to tell the truth" : March 20-April 1973
  • "Don't tell me that!" : April-May 15, 1973
  • "Cleansed climate" : May 15-June 5, 1973
  • Watergate and Washington : May 15-June 5, 1973
  • Law and order : June 5-30, 1973
  • "Something smells" : July 1-September 1, 1973
  • DeCarlo still speaks : September 1-October 22, 1973
  • The flaming pen : October 22-31, 1973
  • I want you to be Attorney General : October 31-December 7, 1973
  • A promise : December 7, 1973-January 18, 1974

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