The
defense is ready
life in the trenches of criminal law
Abramson, Leslie Hope
1943-
creator
Flaste, Richard Alfred
1942-
text
biography
nyu
New York
Simon & Schuster
c1997
1997
monographic
eng
314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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
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
Leslie Abramson with Richard Flaste.
Includes index.
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Abramson, Leslie
Women lawyers
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Defense (Criminal procedure)
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KF 373 A161d 1997
345.73/05044/092
068481403X (hardcover)
9780684814032 (hardcover)
96037512
DLC
961107
20230411090909.0
4945601
eng