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02664aam a22005178i 4500 001 0F747876341411E98D06706F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190219010037 008 180928s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018045279 020 $a 1250183480 020 $a 9781250183484 035 $a (OCoLC)1030594615 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DAD $d OCLCO $d YDX $d JIW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3569.P448 $b C68 2019 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Spence, Gerry, $e author. 245 10 $a Court of lies / $c Gerry Spence. 250 $a First Edition. 263 $a 1902 264 1 $a New York : $b Forge, $c 2019. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a "A Tom Doherty Associates Book." 520 $a New York Times bestselling author Gerry Spence is one of the greatest trial lawyers of our time. In his novel Court of Lies, Lillian Adams is going on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband before Judge John Murray. Prosecutor Haskins Sewell, however, is consumed by political ambition and sadistic hatred for the judge. Murray is everything Sewell isn't--both an honorable man and an incorruptible jurist. Sewell plans to advance his own career by framing Lillian and the judge, wrongfully convicting Lillian of murder in the first degree and then railroading the judge himself into prison. But he may have underestimated Murray. A fast-paced, up-all-night courtroom thriller, Court of Lies is also a harsh indictment of today's legal system. The country has 2.3 million people behind bars and 7.5 million more on parole or probation. A major reason for so much mass incarceration is the dominance of politically motivated prosecutors, who over-sentence defendants for the sake of winning votes in their own elections and advancing their careers. 650 0 $a Trials (Murder) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Judicial corruption $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Legal stories. 655 7 $a Legal stories. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Legal fiction (Literature) $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft 941 $a 12 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702023336.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409032749.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20231229010223.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722060948.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323022850.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20200806012310.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318012730.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20190820012756.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20190619010404.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190418010409.0 952 $l ACPD686 $d 20190413010242.0 952 $l NJPD993 $d 20190226134337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0F747876341411E98D06706F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search