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Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal Justice System
: How can you not admire someone for their honesty, flair, scintillating mastery of the art of conversation, brilliant communication skills, biting sense of humour, civility and tenderness? I guess that would define this former prosecutor's courtroom demeanor as well. Hmm, how would I define her opponents aka defense attorneys? Kings of double-speak.
Mind you I don't always agree with her, but so what? I'd rather read someone's honest opinion than regurgitation of "how the constitution protects the rights of criminals."
God, I love it when she spars with defense attorneys on TV. Like they are objective? Please.
In my book I write about the brilliance of my abuser's defense attorney (wished I hired him first) and the incompetence of our Crown Attorney. Nancy Grace puts him to shame. Get real - if you are a victim of crime and you could choose who would prosecute your perpetrator, who wouldn't pick Nancy Grace?
 Nancy Grace is the new face of American Justice. A shrill, almost hysterical voice on American Television who screams night after night for revenge against those she decides are guilty. She is a former prosecutor in the US. She will say so in the book, but what she doesn't say is that she has been repremanded by multiple courts for unethical and illegal behavior (the courts words) as a prosecutor. Appeals courts have found that she lied to judges, manipulated testimony, withheld information from the defense and disobeyed the instructions of the court. In the Carr case, a unanimous Georgia Supreme Court (Carr vs. State) said: "Our review of the record supports Carr's contention that the prosecuting attorney engaged in an extensive pattern of inappropriate and, in some cases, illegal conduct in the course of the trial." In the book you will find a rehash of American Celebrity trials and Nancy's suggestions for improvements to the legal system. Those improvements are: 1) The prosecution should not have to prove its case. A jury that emotionally thinks a person is guilty should have no choice but to find them guilty. 2) The defense should not have the right to cross-examine the prosecution's witnesses. 3) The presumption in a courtroom should be guilt rather than innocence. 4) The victim of a crime has rights which include revenge and protection from cross-examination. The suffering of the victim should be a factor in determining guilt rather than just determining the punishment. 5) The media should have unrestricted access (which is incomprehensible in a book that complains in its title about 24/7 trial coverage). Her suggestions are based on hysterical overreaction and would result in a police state if implemented. Those who have lived under such systems could tell anyone interested that giving unlimited power to judges and prosecutors does not reduce crime. What it reduces is every sort of right and freedom.
Nancy Grace the host of Court TV's Closing Arguments, Headline News' Nancy Grace, and frequent Guest on Larry King fights for victim's rights. She wants justice done in America's courtrooms. This book is great. It shows how high-priced defense attorneys, celebrity defendants, and a 24/7 media have hijacked our criminal justice system. If you care about the issues that go in and out of America's courtrooms every single day, you will wanna read this book. Great work Nancy and Diane.
I guess I'm a crazy person who disagrees with Nancy Grace. Integrity isn't something I have ever thought of when her name is mentioned. Shallow, Hyper, Mean, Petty and Ignorant come to mind. A quick look at her career as a prosecutor kind of kills the integrity angle. But like I said, I'm "crazy" like others have said because I dont agree with her.
What can you say about a woman with a "batman" complex. She vowed to avenge her dead boyfriend on all those who she knows to be criminals until that juicy CNN contract got put in front of her. Then he got dumped down the chute along with her legal career.
The retirement of the DA in Atlanta had nothing to do with her job change. Because she and CNN were in Atlanta at the time, she got used by CNN occasionally. Her hysterical style and celebrity obsession opened doors on TV. And when Court TV came knocking, she didn't think twice. I dont know who these people think they are fooling but anyone in Atlanta knows what happened.
In her book, Nancy is her usual self. She is obsessed with celebrities and hates the legal notion of having to prove people guilty. As she has said many times, if a jury thinks someone is guity, they have no choice but to vote guilty.
And of course there is the hate for defense attorneys for doing their job. She doesn't really tell us how to change that. Aside from eliminating the ability of the defense to cross-examine witnesses. Think of how that would have improved the michael jackson case! The good character of that mother of that boy should never have been revealed to the jury right? Just because she had a history of fraud was no reason to doubt anything she said. And all those people involved in lawsuits against michael jackson or who were facing their own charges? Why does a jury need to know that.
As far as Nancy on Michael Jackson, ANY suspect is entitled through their lawyer to negotiate how they come in to be charged. They can come in driven in their own car or on a unicycle. Many can't because they can't afford laywers, but there is nothing in the law that mandates any defendant to be publically arrested with handcuffs and sirens. What does that have to do with justice anyway? I mean seeing someone in cuffs and shoved into a police car might get Nancy all exicited, but it has nothing to do with the trail or anything else. But it WOULD make for great TV. Thats probably the real issue anyway.
Nancy also mentioned "additional victims surfacing". I guess those would be the "victims" promised to the jury by the prosecution who walked into court and denied being victims?
Not that Nancy noticed, but those additional victims sinking to the bottom of the sea rather than surfacing was another nail in the prosecution's coffin.
As far as Nancy's comments about fellow attorneys, maybe some would care but for the fact that the entire Georgia State Supreme Court called Nancy an unethical crook who didn't understand the job of prosecutor. If Defense Attorneys are whores (like Nancy says), Nancy is a pimp for victims. She finds them, turns them out for tricks and pockets all the money & fame for herself and dumps them when they are used up. She helps them by having them relive their crimes for the cameras. Some help.
As far as her quote about lawyers being "well-dressed hookers": Well, Nancy is a dried up old b**** who takes out her frustrations out on the country. The only satisfaction she is capable of getting is from reliving her true-crime fantasies in front of the country on television. I dont think its in her to empathize with anyone. She is in need of serious help. Its kind of like watching the film "network" come to life. Her illness plays out on TV every day and night.
After all, if Nancy isn't going to mince words, why should anyone else?
Anyone who hates laywers and is sickened by 24/7 media coverage had better remember that Nancy Grace is a lawyer and a leading factor in that 24/7 media coverage. She practically invented much of it. In the book, her answer to the problem of media coverage is MORE MEDIA COVERAGE. SHE IS THE PROBLEM!!!!
I think this book is great. If you don't like Nancy Grace then why are you on here reviewing her book? If you haven't read the book why even leave a review? Ignorance doesn't make sense to me I guess. But if you are a fan of Nancy Grace then you will definitely enjoy this book. Even some people who aren't fans will enjoy this book. Nancy may be very opinionated and apparently that hurts some peoples feelings, but take this book for what it is. Its not here to change the world. Plus all of the proceeds go to charity.
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