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Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice

by David Feige · 2006

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A former Trial Chief of the Bronx Defenders recounts an ordinary day in the life of a South Bronx public defender, citing encounters with a range of factors, from dramatic courtroom battles and threatening defendants to unscrupulous lawyers and vindictive judges.

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