Ebook: Defending the damned: inside a dark corner of the criminal justice system
Author: Davis Kevin A., Oliver Aloysius
- Tags: Defense (Criminal procedure), Defense (Criminal procedure)--Illinois--Cook County, Trials (Murder), Trials (Murder)--Illinois--Cook County, Biography, Trials litigation etc, Oliver Aloysius -- Trials litigation etc, Oliver Aloysius, Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County, Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Illinois -- Cook County, Illinois -- Cook County
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Atria Books
- City: Illinois;Cook County
- Edition: First Atria books trade paperback edition
- Language: English
- epub
Chicago was the nation's deadliest city in 2001, recording 666 homicides. For lawyers in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Murder Task Force, that meant a steady flow of new clients. Eight out of ten people arrested for murder in Chicago are represented by public defenders. They're assigned the most challenging and seemingly hopeless cases, yet they always fight to win.
One of those lawyers is Marijane Placek, a snakeskin boot-wearing, Shakespeare-quoting nonconformist whose courtroom bravado and sharp legal skills have made her a well-known figure around the courthouse. When an ex-convict was arrested on charges of killing a Chicago police officer that deadly year, Placek got the high-profile case, and her defense forms the hub around which the book's narrative revolves.
Veteran journalist Kevin Davis reveals the compelling true story of a team of battle-scarred lawyers fighting against all odds. Unflinching, gripping, and full of surprises, Defending the...