Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice

Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice published by Random House Inc, New York, NY, 1996. 1st Stated Edition 2nd Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 238 Pgs. ISBN 067943867X. LCCN 95-26246. Longtime New York State Supreme Court Justice Harold J. Rothwax now puts our criminal justice system on trial. His verdict: Guilty. In his view, we are fast becoming a nation of bad laws, in which criminals and defense attorneys hide behind a morass of poorly conceived statues, procedures, and technicalities that keeps them from resolving the paramount question at hand: Did the accused commit the crime. Description text copyright 2009 BooksForComfort. Item ID 19506.