{"product_id":"trials-without-truth-why-our-system-of-criminal-trials-has-become-an-expensive-failure-and-what-we-need-to-do-to-rebuild-it-9780814766507","title":"Trials Without Truth: Why Our System of Criminal Trials Has Become an Expensive Failure and What We Need to Do to Rebuild It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncovers a major deficiency of U.S. criminal justice--a trial system that prioritizes winning over truth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReginald Denny. O. J. Simpson. Colin Ferguson. Louise Woodward: all names that have cast a spotlight on the deficiencies of the American system of criminal justice. Yet, in the wake of each trial that exposes shocking behavior by trial participants or results in counterintuitive rulings--often with perverse results--the American public is reassured by the trial bar that the case is not typical and that our trial system remains the best in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e William T. Pizzi here argues that what the public perceives is in fact exactly what the United States has: a trial system that places far too much emphasis on winning and not nearly enough on truth, one in which the abilities of a lawyer or the composition of a jury may be far more important to the outcome of a case than any evidence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How has a system on which Americans have lavished enormous amounts of energy, time, and money been allowed to degenerate into one so profoundly flawed? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acting as an informal tour guide, and bringing to bear his experiences as both insider and outsider, prosecutor and academic, Pizzi here exposes the structural faultlines of our trial system and its paralyzing obsession with procedure, specifically the ways in which lawyers are permitted to dominate trials, the system's preference for weak judges, and the absurdities of plea bargaining. By comparing and contrasting the U.S. system with that of a host of other countries, \u003cb\u003eTrials Without Truth\u003c\/b\u003e provides a clear-headed, wide-ranging critique of what ails the criminal justice system--and a prescription for how it can be fixed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William T. Pizzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814766507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePizzi, William T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWilliam T. Pizzi\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Law at the University of Colorado and a former federal prosecutor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183703797875,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_25652a36-cf65-4012-9c77-5931f23bc97a.jpg?v=1655558277","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/trials-without-truth-why-our-system-of-criminal-trials-has-become-an-expensive-failure-and-what-we-need-to-do-to-rebuild-it-9780814766507","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}