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The districts : stories of American justice from the Federal courts / Johnny Dwyer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: x, 350 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101946541
  • 1101946547
Subject(s):
Contents:
Organized crime -- Drugs -- White-collar crime -- Terrorism -- Public Corruption.
Summary: "An unprecedented plunge into New York City's federal court system that gives us a revelatory picture of how our justice system, and the pursuit of justice, really works. A young Italian Mafioso helps get rid of a body in Queens. In Manhattan, a hedge fund portfolio manager misrepresents his company's assets to investors. At JFK International Airport, a college student returns from Jamaica with cocaine stuffed in the handle of her suitcase. These are just a few of the stories that come to life in this comprehensive look at the Southern District Court in Manhattan, and the Eastern District Court in Brooklyn--the two federal courts tasked with maintaining order in New York City. Johnny Dwyer takes us not just into the courtrooms but into the lives of those who enter through its doors: the judges and attorneys, prosecutors and defendants, winners and losers. He examines crimes we've read about in the papers or seen in movies and television--organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption, and white-collar crime--and weaves in the nuances that rarely make it into headlines. Brimming with detail and drama, The Districts illuminates the meaning of intent, of reasonable doubt, of deception, and--perhaps most importantly of all--of justice"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 347.7322 D993 Available 33111009722246
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Johnny Dwyer examines the New York crimes we've seen in the news, in movies, and on television--drug trafficking, organized crime, terrorism, corruption, and white-collar crime--while weaving in the nuances that rarely make it into headlines.

"Told in the kind of pointillist detail that can only come from years of hanging around the courthouse and doing old-school shoe-leather reporting." --Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing

The Rosenbergs, Rudy Giuliani, Bernie Madoff, James Comey, John Gotti, Preet Bharara, and El Chapo are just a few of the figures to have appeared before the courts in the Southern and Eastern District of New York--the two federal courts tasked with maintaining order in New York City. These two epicenters of power in our justice system have become proving grounds for ambitious prosecutors who turn their service in government into power, position, and, in some cases, celebrity. These attorneys don't hope for victory in court; they expect it.

In The Districts , Johnny Dwyer takes us not just into the courtrooms but also into the lives of the judges and defendants, prosecutors and defense counsels, and winners and losers who people the courts.

An unprecedented look at New York City's federal court system that exposes the incentives driving how America chooses to punish crime--and what those choices reveal about our politics and our society-- The Districts paints a revelatory picture of how our justice system, and the pursuit of justice, really works.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-350).

Organized crime -- Drugs -- White-collar crime -- Terrorism -- Public Corruption.

"An unprecedented plunge into New York City's federal court system that gives us a revelatory picture of how our justice system, and the pursuit of justice, really works. A young Italian Mafioso helps get rid of a body in Queens. In Manhattan, a hedge fund portfolio manager misrepresents his company's assets to investors. At JFK International Airport, a college student returns from Jamaica with cocaine stuffed in the handle of her suitcase. These are just a few of the stories that come to life in this comprehensive look at the Southern District Court in Manhattan, and the Eastern District Court in Brooklyn--the two federal courts tasked with maintaining order in New York City. Johnny Dwyer takes us not just into the courtrooms but into the lives of those who enter through its doors: the judges and attorneys, prosecutors and defendants, winners and losers. He examines crimes we've read about in the papers or seen in movies and television--organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption, and white-collar crime--and weaves in the nuances that rarely make it into headlines. Brimming with detail and drama, The Districts illuminates the meaning of intent, of reasonable doubt, of deception, and--perhaps most importantly of all--of justice"-- Provided by publisher.

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