02493cam a2200409 a 4500 118392 118392 4945601 BJBSDDR 20230411090909.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 961107s1997 nyua 001 0aeng 96037512 068481403X (hardcover) 9780684814032 (hardcover) DLC DLC DLC eng eng n-us--- KF 373 A161d 1997 345.73/05044/092 Abramson, Leslie Hope, 28241 1943- The defense is ready : life in the trenches of criminal law / Leslie Abramson with Richard Flaste. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1997. 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Includes index. 1. Roman's Candle 9 (13) 2. Childhood 22 (20) 3. Law School 42 (10) 4. The Bar 52 (9) 5. Clerking Days 61 (17) 6. Judges and Cops 78 (15) 7. The Count Run 93 (10) 8. Juvenile Hall 103 (11) 9. Baby Killers 114 (11) 10. Moving On 125 (9) 11. Private Practice 134 (10) 12. Bob's Big Boy 144 (19) 13. The Lark 163 (10) 14. Pelican Bay 173 (10) 15. Chinatown 183 (22) 16. A Beautiful Boy 205 (14) 17. Abuse 219 (17) 18. Patricide 236 (12) 19. The Tough Guy 248 (9) 20. Outrage 257 (20) 21. When Worlds Collide 277 (14) 22. Grief 291 (4) 23. ...and Laughter 295 (8) Acknowledgments 303 (2) Index 305 The Defense Is Ready is about the making of a passionately committed American defense lawyer who believes that everyone accused of a crime, no matter how heinous, is entitled to a vigorous defense of his rights against the overwhelming power of a frequently callous state. Leslie Abramson's journey from eager young law clerk to one of the nation's premier homicide attorneys involved some of the most difficult and notorious criminal cases of the last two decades. Among Abramson, Leslie 28242 Women lawyers United States Biography. Defense (Criminal procedure) United States. Abogadas Estados Unidos 28243 Biografías Mujeres como abogadas Estados Unidos 10985 Defensa (Procedimiento penal) Estados Unidos 11409 Flaste, Richard Alfred, 28244 1942- 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2022-12-12 0 KF 373 A161d 1997 00000164125 2022-12-12 00:00:00 1 2022-12-12 BK