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LIFE SENTENCE: STORIES FROM FOUR DECADES OF COURT By Christie Blatchford *Mint*
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- Publication Name
- Doubleday Canada
- ISBN-10
- 0385667973
- ISBN
- 9780385667975
- Book Title
- Life Sentence : Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System (Especially Judges)
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Law, Social Science
- Topic
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Judicial Power, General, Legal History, Courts, Criminology
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Information
A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system--and especially its judges--in this national bestseller. When Christie Blatchford wandered into a Toronto courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover as a newspaper reporter, little did she know she was also at the start of a self-imposed life sentence. She has been reporting from Canadian courtrooms for the Toronto Star , The Globe and Mail and the National Post ever since. Back in '78, she loved the courts, lawyers and judges, and that persisted for many years. But slowly, surely, she suffered a loss of faith. What happened? It was at the recent Mike Duffy trial she had the epiphany: That judges are the new senators, unelected, unaccountable and overly entitled. Yet unlike senators, they continue to get away with it because any questioning by government or its agents is deemed an intrusion onto judicial independence. In her explosive new book, Christie Blatchford revisits trials from throughout her career and asks the hard questions--about judges playing with the truth--through editing of criminal records, whitewashing of criminal records, pre-trial rulings that kick out evidence the jury can't hear. She discusses bad or troubled judges--how and why they get picked, and what can be done about them. And shows how judges are handmaidens to the state, as in the Bernardo trial when a small-town lawyer and an intellectual writer were pursued with more vigor than Karla Homolka. For anyone interested in the political and judicial fabric of this country, Life Sentence is a remarkable, argumentative, insightful and hugely important book.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
ISBN-10
0385667973
ISBN-13
9780385667975
eBay Product ID (ePID)
81767764
Product Key Features
Book Title
Life Sentence : Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System (Especially Judges)
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Judicial Power, General, Legal History, Courts, Criminology
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, Social Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv9960
Reviews
Praise for Fifteen Days : "This book will open your eyes to this brutal war and it is worthy of our brave young men and women. It is a tough book written by a tough broad who tells it like it is. I could not put the book down." --Don Cherry "Christie is the most honest journalist I know. And Fifteen Days . . . resonates with truth. . . . The framework of this book might be 'Fifteen Days' . . . yet the exposition is more sweeping, infused with context, texture and candour." --Rosie DiManno, Toronto Star "Blatchford has a remarkable ability to convey the intensity of the emotions experienced by soldiers and their families. Do not expect to remain dry-eyed after reading this book." --Calgary Herald "[ Fifteen Days ] goes deep, and it goes personal. It tells the stories behind the stories. . . . For those who died wearing Canada's uniform, [Blatchford] gives them a life that no newspaper has the length and space to describe, and no television documentary can convey in an hour's time slot." --The London Free Press "A vivid and heroic portrayal of death in Afghantistan. . . . Fifteen Days is a good start to understanding the Canadian men and women who are fighting in Afghanistan." --The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax)
Copyright Date
2016
Dewey Decimal
347.71/014
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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