In America's Court How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes to Settle Stumbled into a Criminal Trial

"Thomas Geoghegan...possesses a felicitous writing style that can marry anecdote and analysis. But in his new book the beauty of his narrative is not matched by the cogency of his analysis. As he assists in the criminal defense of a 22-year-old Chicagoan being retried as an accessory to murder, Geoghegan re-examines his own career as a civil lawyer and finds it wanting--not for lack of excitement, but for lack of moral fulfillment. IN AMERICA'S COURT tells this story well, and draws the reader into Geoghegan's own predicament. But he also uses the Chicago case less compellingly to analyze the American system of justice."Geoghegan, Thomas is the author of 'In America's Court How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes to Settle Stumbled into a Criminal Trial' with ISBN 9781565847323 and ISBN 1565847326.