Mean Justice

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Summary: Good but Enough Already!
Review: Mean Justice is an obviously well-researched book that tells it's story too convincingly and at too great a lenghth. It remains worthwhile reading but someone should have edited Mr. Humes work by 50 pages or so. Those unfamiliar with the author may prefer "Mississippi Mud". California residents should find "Mean Justice" particularly interesting.

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Summary: A must read..
Review: Mean Justice is one of the most relevant, compelling books I have read in several years. Whether you are merely interested in the case of Pat Dunn, accused of killing his wife, or if you are concerned with the broader issues of how far we can and will allow prosecutors and police to go unchecked in their often overzealous and misguided quest for the almighty "conviction" the book is definitely worth buying, reading, and passing on to your friends and family.

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Summary: A must read..
Review: Mean Justice is one of the most relevant, compelling books I have read in several years. Whether you are merely interested in the case of Pat Dunn, accused of killing his wife, or if you are concerned with the broader issues of how far we can and will allow prosecutors and police to go unchecked in their often overzealous and misguided quest for the almighty "conviction" the book is definitely worth buying, reading, and passing on to your friends and family.

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Summary: A must read for every American!
Review: Mr. Humes has done an incalculable service in outlining the unbelievable corruption in our nation's criminal justice system - not just in the Dunn case in Bakersfield, but numerous other cases around the country. This is a true horror story - repleat with appalling facts and figures. There are truly monsters among us - disguised as police inspectors, prosecutors, and judges - and all too little is being done about it! I only hope, for the sake of raising public consciousness, there will be a movie based on this book, preferably one focusing on the child molestation/devil worship witch hunts that started in Bakersfield and so readily overran the land, ruining the lives of hundreds of innocents, children and adults.

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Summary: Good News
Review: On the news last night it was reported that Governor Gray Davis is taking the child support division of the District Attorney's office away from Ed Jagels. Looks like the truth is coming out. To read the history that may have lead up to this, read this book. I may not be wording this exactly right, but Jagels'comments about Governor Davis' decision were something to the effect of "stupid." My comment about Governor Davis' decision, "intelligent man." Also, please take a look at this website. I don't know these people from Adam and Eve, but they are one of the cases that Mean Justice chronicles.

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Summary: Mean Justice is a must read for Every one
Review: Pat Dunn is a victim of a very corrupt justice system, and a corrupt D.A. The D.A. had no case against him, and the snitch who fingered him, never wittnessed anything. Hopefully this book will help set him free.

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Summary: Mean Justice is a must read for Every one
Review: Pat Dunn is a victim of a very corrupt justice system, and a corrupt D.A. The D.A. had no case against him, and the snitch who fingered him, never wittnessed anything. Hopefully this book will help set him free.

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Summary: Scare You To Death ! It Should !
Review: Several lessons I learned from Edward Humes' brilliant new book, "Mean Justice": 1) When they say, "Whatever you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law", they really mean it - literally! 2)You can save yourself tens of thousands of dollars in expert legal fees, and possibly keep yourself out of court, out of prison, and off death row if you simply Do Not Talk To The Police If There Is The Slightest Chance You Might Be A Suspect. The only four words you should ever say, if it looks like the police have their eye on you, are: "I Want A Lawyer". Mr. Humes has really outdone himself on this one. It is brilliant, incisive, appropriately detailed, and an absolute heartbreaker. Pity poor Pat Dunn and the other innocents on death row and doing time due to prosecutorial viciousness and community hysteria. I can understand incompetence, laziness, mistaken beliefs, and even wrongheadedness in prosecutors. What I'll never understand is continued deadly persecution long after the actual truth is known. What is that about? Maybe it's called evil. God help the community of Bakersfield and Kern County Calif. God help the appeals courts. God help the Supreme Court. And God help us all.

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Summary: Scare You To Death ! It Should !
Review: Several lessons I learned from Edward Humes' brilliant new book, "Mean Justice": 1) When they say, "Whatever you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law", they really mean it - literally! 2)You can save yourself tens of thousands of dollars in expert legal fees, and possibly keep yourself out of court, out of prison, and off death row if you simply Do Not Talk To The Police If There Is The Slightest Chance You Might Be A Suspect. The only four words you should ever say, if it looks like the police have their eye on you, are: "I Want A Lawyer". Mr. Humes has really outdone himself on this one. It is brilliant, incisive, appropriately detailed, and an absolute heartbreaker. Pity poor Pat Dunn and the other innocents on death row and doing time due to prosecutorial viciousness and community hysteria. I can understand incompetence, laziness, mistaken beliefs, and even wrongheadedness in prosecutors. What I'll never understand is continued deadly persecution long after the actual truth is known. What is that about? Maybe it's called evil. God help the community of Bakersfield and Kern County Calif. God help the appeals courts. God help the Supreme Court. And God help us all.

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Summary: Read it and weep
Review: The author writes a compelling and convincing book and the many reviews here will attest. It is well worth reading on its own merits but I would have asked to three things if I had been able to talk to the author before it went to press. First, prosecutors come to genuinely believe that they are dragon slayers and all the shenanigans that they pull are really OK and for the greater good. In in-depth psychological profile from a clinical point of view would help give perspective and compassion for them. Second, I think the book would have been better balanced if there had been less emphasis on the Pat Dunn case and more on the child molestation cases. The coerced testimony of children by zealous hypocrites who claim that they are in fact trying to protect those children is particularly repugnant. The idea investigators would literally drive down the street and have children point at "bad" people which would then be promptly arrested is contrary to any ethical standard of enforcement. The endless years of suffering, court battles, imprisonment and mental anguish of these victims and their families is the sad result on the what happens when checks and balances fail and justice is replaced by hysteria and megalomania. These people deserve a better hearing of their grievances. Last, though the book has copious endnotes and appendices, it has no index