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American Juries: The Verdict
Neil Vidmar, Valerie P. Hans
Prometheus Books, 2007
The verdict is a surprising support for the jury system process
While the right to a trail by jury of peers is a basic American freedom, in reality civil juries have been found to be biased, irresponsible and incompetent. This volume reviews some fifty years of civil and criminal juries and considers arguments pro and con about the ...
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The Brass Verdict: A Novel
Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
A TRIAL IS A CONTEST OF LIES. COPS LIE, LAWYERS LIE & WITNESSES LIE
Harry Bosch's job is to be the truth in a place where everybody lies. Harry believes Cops lie, Lawyers lie, Witnesses lie and Victims lie. A trial is a contest of lies and everyone in the courtroom including the judge knows this. Harry sitting at the defense table ...
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Getting a Winning Verdict in My Personal Life: A Trial Lawyer Finds His Soul
J. Gary Gwilliam
Pavior Publishing c/o giccb.com, 2007
Encouraging Book
I just got this book, and I've enjoyed reading it so far. I like being a voyeur into the life of an attorney, and reading about Gwilliam's experiences is really encouraging and optimistic. I'll post an updated review when I'm done reading the book.
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Old Earth Creationism on Trial: The Verdict Is In
Tim Chaffey and Jason Lisle
New Leaf Publishing Group, 2008
Best book on Biblical Creationism
I read the draft for Tim Chaffey's portion of the book about two years ago. Even then I thought it was the best book on creationism from a Biblical perspective that I have ever read. This is KEY: Tim puts Old Earth Creationism on trial from a Biblical perspective. (Dr. ...
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Directed Verdict
Randy D. Singer
WaterBrook Press, 2002
An Amazing Novel
It is unfortunate that Randy Singer is not more well known. He is an excellent writer.
'Directed Verdict' is really a superb novel that is very difficult to put down. It begins with severe religious persecution in Saudi Arabia by the Muttawa - the Saudi religious ...
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The Brass Verdict: A Novel
Michael Connelly
Hachette Audio, 2008
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for ...
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The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today
Josh McDowell
Thomas Nelson, 1999
An Appeal to the Mind
This update of Mr. McDowell's original "Evidence" book should help it become a favorite for a new generation inquiring minds. A careful read is akin to taking a college-level course in Christian apologetics, except there's no final exam. It arms the reader with an ...
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The Brass Verdict: A Novel
Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for ...
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Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict (Mrs. Jeffries)
Emily Brightwell
Berkley, 2006
Appealing Mystery
In this installment in the Mrs. Jeffries mystery series, Smythe's friend, Blimpey Groggins asks Inspector Gerald Witherspoon's household staff, to investigate a murder. His friend, Tommy Odell, has been found guilty of killing a woman and is scheduled to hang for the ...
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The Brass Verdict: A Novel
Michael Connelly
Hachette Audio, 2008
Audio 12cds 11 hrs 22 min HARRY BOSCH AT HIS BEST
Harry Bosch's job is to be the truth in a place where everybody lies. Harry believes Cops lie, Lawyers lie, Witnesses lie and Victims lie. A trial is a contest of lies and everyone in the courtroom including the judge knows this. Harry sitting at the defense table has ...
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Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict (5th Edition)
Bruce N. Waller
Prentice Hall, 2004
Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict shows students how to take critical thinking skills from the jury room and apply them in the voting booth and the citizens' forum, and from the shopping mall to the boardroom. This new Third Edition of Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict has been enlivened and updated with a wealth of fascinating new ...
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The Verdict
Barry C. Reed
St Martins Mass Market Paper, 1992
Outstanding Quick Read
The Verdict was one of the most believable books I have read. I knew immediately that the author had to be knowledgeable in both fields of law and medicine. The plot was believable, so much so that I had to remember that it was fiction. The story took hold of me ...
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Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11
Jack G. Shaheen
Olive Branch Press, 2008
"Entertainment" as propaganda...
The aptly named `Guilty' updates Professor Shaheen's acclaimed book `Reel Bad Arabs' which was written just before Sept. 11, 2001. In each book he underscores, and documents the close connection between the political world and the entertainment one (yet, rather ...
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Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith
Josh McDowell
Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc., 1972
This skeptic was convinced
This book convinced this skeptic over thirty years ago, and now I'm using it to convince my skeptical friends. The other books are good, but this one is small, easy to understand, and something that a skeptic might actually pick up and read.
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Final Verdict
Sheldon Siegel
Signet, 2004
Siegel Never Fails to Deliver!
This is my fourth Michael Daley novel and it is just as good and fresh as the ohter three! Siegel's Daley is far more interesting than Lashner's Victor Carl or Rosenfeld's Andy Carpenter. What sets Daley aside are the recurring suporting characters (Rosie, Mike's ...
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