| Description |
xvi, 345 pages ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Inquiry -- The truth is elusive: The boys -- Things are not what they seem: "Urbane cowboys" -- Gold-standard investigators: The ethic of the mob buster Kenny McCabe -- The problem of confirmation bias: Latent fingerprint 17 -- The need for rigor: A death in Soundview -- Curiosity and query: Asking basic questions -- The principles of interrogation: "Barbarism is not necessary" -- Snitches: The moral quicksand of cooperating witnesses -- Continuity and change: Justice through innovation -- Part II. Accusation -- The grinding machinery -- God forbid -- Walking away -- Culture -- Bollywood -- Part III. Judgment -- Day in court -- The judge -- The trial -- Three men in a room -- The verdict -- Part IV. Punishment -- Baby Carlina -- Lord of the flies -- Beyond justice. |
| Summary |
The former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York recounts captivating tales of true crime from his years atop the most storied prosecutor's office in the country -- inside stories of terrorists threatening America, mob hit men, billion-dollar fraudsters, corrupt politicians, and even a "cannibal cop". Bharara entertains us, but also inspires us to aim high, laying out a path for how to think and act to reach fair and morally correct judgments. |
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Bharara, Preet, 1968-
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United States. District Attorney (New York : Southern District)
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United States. District Attorney (New York : Southern District) |
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Justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Justice, Administration of. |
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United States. |
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Justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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Government attorneys -- United States -- Biography.
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Government attorneys. |
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Biographies.
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Justice.
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Justice. |
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Rule of law -- United States.
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Rule of law. |
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bharara, Preet, 1968- Doing justice New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019 9780525521136 (DLC) 2018055346 (OCoLC)1074297726 |
| ISBN |
9780525521129 (hardcover) |
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0525521127 (hardcover) |
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9780525521136 (ebook) |
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