Wits survive

Author: Roy Black
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: A patrolman who incites racial conflicts, a mentally ill person like a serial killer, a bartender who shot his girlfriend to death in bed, and a bank president accused of money laundering for drug lords. How can they obtain a fair trial in the face of a powerful state machine? The author of this book, Roy Black, one of the most sharp and formidable criminal defense lawyers in the United States, presents through four thrilling cases the true nature of a lawyer who argues for justice and upholds the truth. "A solid defense can completely change a defendant's fate," Black believes. The duty of a lawyer is to do everything possible to defend their client, even if they are seen as a maniac in the eyes of the public, because only through careful verification in court can the truth be revealed. Everyone has the "inalienable right" to a fair trial, but "rights do not come into being on their own. Without a lawyer's relentless advocacy, these rights are just empty words." Lawyers are the concrete realizeers of abstract rights.