Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
by Steve Bogira
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Author: Steve BogiraEdition: Paperback
Published: 2006-02-14
ISBN: 0679752064
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Behind bars, behind the bar
Summary: 4 Stars
Steve Bogira offers a stark look at the American legal system. By tracking cases in a single courtroom over the course of a year, the author makes it clear that the problems he uncovers are systemic and long-term, not a few exceptional cases or worst-case-scenarios.
The racism of our laws and enforcement is laid bare here, as well as the inanity of modern prohibition. The deals cut by prosecution and defense, dictated by overcrowding of jails and courtrooms, is revealed as damaging to individuals and society. Few reporters take the time to fully explore their subjects, to invest the time that this author has lent to his subject.
As an investigative reporter, I am well impressed by Bogira's work and product. We need more of his brand of reporting and we need legal reform -- for instance, an end to plea bargaining which clears dockets but does nothing for the rule of law or justice. Hopefully this book will encourage more of both.
Summary of Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
Courtroom 302 is 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.Courts Books
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