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Summary: Great Look into workings of legal system
Review: I'm only halfway in to this new book, surprised no other reviews out there yet since I know a lot of folks in Sacramento area have been reading it. Sacramento District Attorney gave author Gary Delsohn incredible access for his year long project. Working with the lawyers and detectives is shown to be just about like any other workplace - there are arrogant, passionate and sometimes dimwitted people working in every type of job in our lives. Just because someone is a doctor or lawyer isn't reason to assume they can tell the difference between night and day, or at least agree on it! A great read - my wife wants me to hurry up and finish so she can read it.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: The Prosecutors opened my eyes to how the real criminal justice system works and the dedication of the men and women who toil away every day unseen. Recommend to anyone interested in the real world of DA's.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: This was a disappointment. The opening sequence involving the bread store robbery was an excellent 'hook.' However, fluctations from past to present tense in the narrative, often times within the same paragraph, jarred the reading flow. It was distracting.In fairness, as the author is first a journalist, the stylistic conventions of the Associated Press Style Manual concerning timeless facts, and the use of present and past tense may have weighed on his writing. Nevertheless, in good writing, the reader glides from sequence to sequence caught up in the story, unmindful of transitions. As for the characterizations, they were derivative, unoriginally evoking the psuedo hard-bitten prosecutorial cliches better found in gumshoe novels or TV's "Law and Order." Chief Deputy D.A., O'Mara, for instance, is the prototypical "ball-breaker" D.A.
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