Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal CourthouseCourtroom 302is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira’s masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America. |
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User Review - barlow304 - LibraryThingSteve Bogira, a reporter for the Chicago alternative paper, The Reader, has written a fascinating account of one year in a particular courthouse at 26th and California. Through this lens, he shows us ... Read full review
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User Review - Monique M - BordersIf you are a person who enjoys justice or law, you should read this book! I am now taking a law class and this is the book that was selected by the teacher to read. I loved the book before even ... Read full review
Contents
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Six Busted Again | 107 |
SEVEN A Real Lawyer | 124 |
EIGHT Charlie Chan 14 I | 141 |
NINE Perseveration | 151 |
ELEVEN Father and Son | 185 |
TWELVE Defective Products | 193 |
THIRTEEN Fixes | 210 |
FOURTEEN A Sensitive Area 23 I | 231 |
SEVENTEEN Blame the Police | 285 |
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Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse Steve Bogira Limited preview - 2011 |
Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse Steve Bogira No preview available - 2005 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse |
| Author | Steve Bogira |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0679752064, 9780679752066 |
| Length | 401 pages |
| Subjects | › › Law / Courts Law / Criminal Law / General |
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