Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom Book + PRICE WATCH

Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom Book

A memoir of the author that takes us behind the scenes of Britain's criminal justice system - in barristers' chambers, in the courtroom, in the cells and on the streets - introducing us to its outlandish personalities, arcane eccentricities and its many moving stories of triumph and defeat.Read More

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    'As a criminal barrister you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading only one way'. Every day like every criminal barrister in this country Alex McBride stands up in court and with nothing but quick-thinking sharp-talking and his hard-won legal expertise attempts to save people from criminal conviction prison even a lifetime behind bars. Sometimes he's had only a few hours to prepare his case.

  • Penguin

    ''As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading only one way?'' Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick-thinking, sharp-talking and his hard-won legal expertise, attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, even a lifetime behind bars.

  • 067091830X
  • 9780670918300
  • Alex McBride
  • 1 April 2010
  • Viking
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288

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