Attorney Oldman successfully defends accused killer Kevin Bacon. It is only after proving his client's innocence by discrediting eyewitness, that Oldman discovers Bacon is guilty--and intends to kill again.

An in-depth look at criminal law and the real world of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the paralegals who work closely with them.

Trial attorneys are storytellers. They make human beings and the situations they find themselves in come to life in the courtroom, for the benefit of the jury. Gregg Naclerio is a storyteller. In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, he brings the people he encountered during his long career as a trial attorney to life for a wider audience-his readers. His war stories are tear-inducingly funny and tear-inducingly sad. What's never at doubt is Gregg Naclerio...

In the mid-nineteenth century the Ottoman Empire witnessed the emergence of an official criminal legal policy and procedures to preclude state officials from inflicting pain over civilians while executing their duties. In less than two decades, new penal codes and statutes clearly and explicitly banned state officials from resorting to infliction of pain against a civilian to exercise state authority, as method of criminal interrogation and as discretionary...

America's criminal codes are so voluminous that they now bewilder not only the average citizen but also the average lawyer. Our courthouses are so clogged that there is no longer adequate time for trials. And our penitentiaries are overflowing with prisoners. In fact, America now has the highest per capita prison population in the world. This situation has many people wondering whether the American criminal justice system has become dysfunctional....

This book talks about crime. It is written by Wong Tsz Fung (WTF) who comes from Hong Kong.

"The Criminal Law Handbook demystifies the criminal justice system. It explains-in plain English-how the system works, why police, lawyers, and judges do what they do, and what suspects, defendants, and prisoners can expect. This reference book covers the criminal process from stops on the street to arrest, bail, plea bargains, trials, sentencing, and appeals. Learn about defendants' constitutional rights, common defenses, defense strategies, and...

The History of Criminal Law examines all aspects of criminal law in the United States. It discusses the laws surrounding many different crimes and shows how crimes can impact laws. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

We are surrounded by real-life stories of white collar crime, with pharmaceutical executives going to jail for their roles in the opioid crisis, titans of Wall Street prosecuted for insider trading and securities fraud, and senior government officials charged with fraud and corruption. But although it's widespread, a fascinating aspect of white collar crime is just how blurry its boundaries are. In 24 lessons, consider the characteristics of white...

A veteran prosecutor and award-winning author explains the complexities of preparing the right "predicate" questions required to admit evidence in a criminal trial. In this highly readable and entertaining book--read by the author--topics include routine evidentiary issues like fingerprints, photographs, diagrams, business records, ballistics, toxicology results, autopsy findings, surveillance recordings, drug dog alerts, jail calls, confessions,...