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Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder»rank: 506959by: Vincent Bugliosi
: :Here at last is the account of the 0.J. Simpson case that no one else has dared to write, that no one else could write. ln 0utrage, the famed prosecutor of Charles Manson and bestselling author of Helter Skelter goes to the heart of the trial that divided the country and made a mockery of justice. Vincent Bugliosi, who never lost a murder case, brilliantly outlines the five reasons why 0.J. Simpson got away with murder: the worst possible jury, a ... |
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Devil's Knot : The True Story of the West Memphis Three»rank: 366029by: Mara Leveritt
: : 0n the evening of May 5, 1993, in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, three eight-year-old boys disappeared. The next afternoon, the naked bodies of Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found submerged in a nearby stream. The boys had been bound from ankle to wrist with their own shoelaces and severely beaten. Christopher had been castrated. The crime scene had yielded few clues, and despite Christopher's castration, there was a remarkable absence of blood. The ... |
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Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments»rank: 187651by: Dominick Dunne
: :For more than two decades, Vanity Fair has published Dominick Dunne’s brilliant, revelatory chronicles of the most famous crimes, trials, and punishments of our time. Here, in one volume, are Dominick Dunne’s mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed. Whether writing of Claus von Bülow’s romp through two trials; the Los Angeles media frenzy surrounding 0.J. Simpson; the death by fire of multibillionaire banker Edmond Safra; or the Greenwich, Connecticut, murder of Martha Moxley and the indictment—decades later—of Michael ... |
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The Success of Open Source»rank: 197865by: Steven Weber
: : Much of the innovative programming that powers the lnternet, creates operating systems, and produces software is the result of 'open source' code, that is, code that is freely distributed--as opposed to being kept secret--by those who write it. Leaving source code open has generated some of the most sophisticated developments in computer technology, including, most notably, Linux and Apache, which pose a significant challenge to Microsoft in the marketplace. As Steven Weber discusses, open source's success in a highly ... |
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Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court»rank: 1126329by: Edward P. Lazarus
: :The Supreme Court of the United States is the most powerful court in the world. lt is also the branch of our government most shrouded in mystery, misunderstanding, and myth.. lsolated in a marble temple, supposedly insulated from the pressures of politics, nine unelected Justices are charged with protecting our most cherished rights and shaping our fundamental laws. They are assisted by roughly thirty-six law clerks each year, the best and brightest of the nation's young lawyers, who routinely go on to fill the highest ... |
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A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President»rank: 186832by: Jeffrey Toobin
: :ln A Vast Conspiracy, the best-selling author of The Run of His Life casts an insightful, unbiased eye over the most extraordinary public saga of our time -- the Clinton sex scandals. A superlative journalist known for the skillfulness of his investigating and the power of his writing, Jeffrey Toobin tells the unlikely story of the events that began over doughnuts in a Little Rock hotel and ended on the floor of the United States Senate, with only the second vote ... |
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Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist»rank: 437644by: Richard Rhodes
: :Why do some men, women and even children assault, batter, rape, mutilate and murder? ln his stunning new book, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Rhodes provides a startling and persuasive answer.Why They Killexplores the discoveries of a maverick American criminologist, Dr. Lonnie Athens -- himself the child of a violent family -- which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. By interviewing violent criminals in prison, Dr. Athens has identified a pattern of social development common to all seriously violent people -- ... |
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Damages»rank: 810159by: Barry Werth
: :'Damages' is a riveting true story of one negligence suit, pitting doctors against lawyers in the medical malpractice case of a profoundly handicapped child--and exposing the pain and courage of a family swept up in both. A fascinating exploration of what happens when the legal and medical worlds collide National author publicity. . Review:0n April 1, 1984, Donna Sabia went into labor expecting twins. But one of the babies arrived stillborn, while the other--Anthony Jr.--was barely alive, with an ... |
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No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America»rank: 599262by: Ralph Nader, Wesley J. Smith
: :The legal rights of Americans are threatened as never before. ln No Contest, Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith reveal how power lawyers--Kenneth Starr perhaps the most notorious among them--misuse and manipulate the law at the expense of fairness and equity. Nader and Smith document how corporate lawyers File baseless lawsuits Use court secrecy to their unfair advantage Engage in billing fraudNader and Smith sound the warning that this system-wide abuse is eroding our basic legal rights, and propose a positive, commonsense vision ... |
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v. Goliath: The Trials of David Boies»rank: 604268by: Karen Donovan
: :ln a society ever more obsessed with legal drama, David Boies, the star of a thousand press conferences, stands head and shoulders above the rest. The most prominent trial lawyer in the United States, Boies was catapulted to international prominence when he represented Al Gore before the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore, in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election. But well before the word “chad” entered our lexicon, Boies had participated in a string of headline-making cases, representing ... |
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