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Murphy, Wendy, 1960-

And justice for some : an exposé of the lawyers and judges who let dangerous ciminals go free / Wendy Murphy.

New York : Sentinel, 2007.

xiii, 272 pages ; 24 cm

Identifies current criminal rights practices that limit the abilities of victims to receive justice, including such tactics as victim privacy invasion, intimidating cross-examinations, and defense presentations that are designed to distort the truth.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.

Includes index.

You call this justice? -- Murphy's law, rewritten -- Manufacturing innocence with DNA lies -- Victory through intimidation -- Race baiting -- Winning through payoffs and extortion -- Using delay strategically -- Manipulating the media -- Picking dumb jurors -- Exploiting victims' fears -- Using the cross-fingerpointing maneuver -- Bullying the advocates -- Selling unfair punishment as restorative justice -- Co-opting the public with the"victims' rights charade -- Claiming a suspect passed a polygraph -- Mounting a not-the-criminal-type defense -- Blaming the victim -- Legislating nothingness and confusion -- Calling child pornography harmless -- Inventing imaginary constitutional rights -- Launching political persecutions -- Suing the victim -- Cleaning up the dirt.

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