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The divide: American injustice in the age of the wealth gap
Par Matt Taibbi, Molly Crabapple. 2014
Journalist examines the growing wealth disparity in the United States and how it affects the justice system. Taibbi asks why…
it appears that people with low incomes and few resources are more likely to be convicted of crimes, especially with much white-collar crime going unprosecuted. Bestseller. 2014Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the methods that governments, organizations, companies, and criminals use to scoop up personal data from the…
Internet. Describes the techniques she employed to evade those "dragnets"--such as not using Gmail or Google's search engine--and discusses untraceable technology options. 2014Kitty Genovese: the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America
Par Kevin Cook. 2014
Author of Titanic Thompson (DB 73236) details the 1964 murder of New York bartender Kitty Genovese. Examines the erroneous but…
much-publicized claim that no one came to Genovese's aid. Provides a portrait of the victim and her killer. 2014The inventor and the tycoon: a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures
Par Edward Ball. 2013
Author of The Genetic Strand (DB 66508) examines the intertwining lives of photographer Edward Muybridge (1830-1904) and San Francisco railroad…
baron Leland Stanford (1824-1893). Details the events surrounding Muybridge's trial for killing his wife's lover and his collaboration with Stanford on early motion pictures. Some violence. 2013Blinded by sight: seeing race through the eyes of the blind
Par Osagie K Obasogie, Osagie Obasogie. 2014
Legal scholar explores the ways blind people experience racial differences. Argues that we are socialized to attach particular characteristics to…
race regardless of our ability to see and considers the implications of that convention on efforts to achieve a "colorblind" society. 2014Devil in the grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America
Par Gilbert King. 2012
Details the events that led to the Supreme Court's 1951 decision in Shepherd v. Florida, which overturned the convictions of…
three black men accused of raping a white teenager. Highlights the role played by NAACP attorney--and future Supreme Court justice--Thurgood Marshall. Violence and strong language. Pulitzer Prize. 2012Exposed: the secret life of Jodi Arias
Par Jane Velez-Mitchell. 2013
Broadcast journalist recaps the trial of Jodi Arias, convicted of the June 2008 murder of her off-and-on lover Travis Alexander…
in Mesa, Arizona. Details the investigation and the often-graphic testimony of detectives, friends, and Arias herself. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2013Empty mansions: the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune
Par Paul Clark Newell, Bill Dedman. 2013
Newell and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dedman detail the life of Newell's cousin, socialite Huguette Clark (1906-2011), the eccentric daughter of…
a Gilded Age copper tycoon and politician. They chronicle Clark's latter years--when she lived in a hospital room while her mansions sat empty--and battles over her estate. Bestseller. 2013The inheritor's powder: a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science
Par Sandra Hempel. 2013
Medical journalist relates the 1833 poisoning of the Bodle family patriarch George in Kent, England. Describes the trial of George's…
grandson Young John for murder and the development of a new test for the presence of arsenic. 2013Anne Perry and the murder of the century
Par Peter Graham. 2013
Describes the notorious 1954 New Zealand matricide committed by teenage friends Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, who later became bestselling…
mystery writer Anne Perry. Discusses the girls' plans to run away and become writers, their trial and prison terms, and their lives since their release. Some violence. 2013Flagrant conduct: the story of Lawrence v. Texas : how a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans
Par Dale Carpenter. 2012
Account of the arrest of John Lawrence and Tyron Garner on September 17, 1998, in Houston, Texas, for a same-sex…
violation. Follows their case to the United States Supreme Court, where a 2003 decision invalidated laws against sodomy. Some strong language. 2012Those angry days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's fight over World War II, 1939-1941
Par Lynne Olson. 2013
Waiting to be heard: a memoir
Par Amanda Knox. 2013
Author describes her experience in Perugia, Italy, where the then-twenty-year-old American student was accused of murdering her British roommate in…
2007. Details her interrogations, arrest, 2009 court trial and conviction, four-year incarceration, and the 2011 appeal that resulted in her acquittal. 2013Kids for cash: two judges, thousands of children, and a $2.8 million kickback scheme
Par William Ecenbarger. 2012
Award-winning reporter recounts the scheme of two Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, judges who received kickbacks for sending several thousand juveniles to…
for-profit detention centers between 2003 and 2008. Portrays the youth and their families and examines the consequences of widespread political corruption. 2012Out of order: stories from the history of the Supreme Court
Par Sandra Day O'Connor. 2013
The Supreme Court's first female justice traces the history and evolution of the institution from its first sessions in 1790…
to the twenty-first century. Discusses landmark cases and presents portraits of justices who shaped U.S. law. Includes the text of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Bestseller. 2013The scientific Sherlock Holmes: cracking the case with science and forensics
Par James O'Brien, James F O'Brien. 2013
Chemistry professor and Sherlock Holmes scholar O'Brien analyzes the ways the fictional detective relied on forensic science to solve crimes.…
Details Holmes's use of handwriting analysis, cryptology, and--two years before police did--fingerprinting. Traces the development of these techniques and their application in actual cases. 2013Giant in the shadows: the life of Robert T. Lincoln
Par Jason Emerson. 2012
Biography of Robert T. Lincoln (1843-1926), the only son of Abraham Lincoln to reach adulthood. Discusses the political career of…
the Harvard-educated Chicago lawyer and businessman as a diplomat and U.S. secretary of war. Analyzes his relationship with his mother and covers the management of his father's legacy. 2012The oath: the Obama White House and the Supreme Court
Par Jeffrey Toobin. 2012
Legal analyst and author of The Nine (DB 64971) assesses the ideological differences between Chief Justice John Roberts and President…
Barack Obama. Details the politics and procedural strategies behind court decisions--including the 2012 ruling that narrowly upheld the Affordable Care Act--and their implications. Some strong language. 2012Clinical bioethicist offers a caregivers' guide to making health-care choices for patients who are unable to do so. Draws on…
case studies, anecdotes, and frameworks for decision-making. Discusses quality-of-life issues, medical concerns, care facilities, and other considerations. 2010Who gets what: fair compensation after tragedy and financial upheaval
Par Kenneth R. Feinberg. 2012
Lawyer who coordinated five major compensation efforts--including those following the September 2001 terrorist attack and the 2010 BP oil spill--explains…
the claims process. Discusses the ways compensation and human nature interact and the difficulty of determining who are legitimate claimants and what they are owed in highly publicized cases. 2012