The injustice system : a murder in Miami and a trial gone wrong / Clive Stafford Smith.
A man accused of a murder he didn't commit languishes on death row. A crusading lawyer is determined to free him. This legal thriller has one crucial difference: justice is not served in the end. In 1986, Kris Maharaj was arrested in Miami for the murder of his ex-business partner. A witness swore he saw him pull the trigger and a jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death. But he swears he didn't do it. Twenty years later, he's bankrupted himself on appeals and been abandoned by everyone but his wife. Enter Clive Stafford Smith, a charismatic public defender with a passion for lost causes. His investigation takes him from Miami to Nassau to Washington as he uncovers corruption at every turn. Step by step, Clive dismantles the case, guiding us through the whole legal process and revealing a fundamentally broken system whose goal is not so much to find the right man as to convict.
Record details
- ISBN: 0670023701
- ISBN: 9780670023707
- Physical Description: xi, 352 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The trial -- The sentence -- The defendant -- The witness -- The prosecutor -- The police -- The expert -- The defense lawyer -- The other suspects -- The money trail -- The Colombian connection -- The judge -- The jury -- The road to nowhere -- The federal appeal -- The victims -- The battle continues. |
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| Subject: | Maharaj, Kris > Trials, litigation, etc. Maharaj, Kris > Trials, litigation, etc. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States. Trials (Murder) > Florida. |
| Genre: | Trial and arbitral proceedings. |
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| Statesville Main Library | 345.759025 SMI (Text) | 33114017217605 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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