Bibliograph

Everyone against us, public defenders and the making of American justice, Allen Goodman

Type

Label

Everyone against us, public defenders and the making of American justice, Allen Goodman

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everyone against us

Oclc number

1346536639

Responsibility statement

Allen Goodman

Series statement

Chicago visions and revisions

Sub title

public defenders and the making of American justice

Summary

"In the American judicial system, even accused murderers, rapists, arsonists, and child abusers have voices and rights; and as the Miranda warning says, if they cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent them. Enter the public defender, who must try to help people who have done reprehensible things-no matter their personal assessment of the client and situation. Former PD Allen Goodman draws upon a deep understanding of that milieu, conveying its complexities and dilemmas, reveling in great moral victories, enduring administrative inanity, and staggering from defeats. It is an intensely idealistic job, but also one that breeds corrosive cynicism. Goodman limns the difficulties of remaining a good human being while defending the worst of them"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Jail rules -- Investigations -- Redemption -- Trials -- DNA -- Plea deals -- Chiraq -- Domestic violence -- Drugs -- Death -- Regrets

Target audience

adult

Classification