My Man Vince

[filkertom]

Vincent Bugliosi, that is. Manson Family prosecutor. OJ Trial eviscerator. My personal choice for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (Yes, I know how old he is. Doesn't matter. Not with that legal mind.) A man who has two passions: truth and justice.

A man who is releasing a new book next week: The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder.

Yeah, I'm there.

What are your favorite writings about law, fact or fiction? I have a selection, but I suspect they overlap many of yours, so I'll let you play through. Okay, just two: Bugliosi's Helter Skelter, and the play (and screenplay) Inherit the Wind.

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[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Pretty much any episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent; scriptwise, anyway - I personally prefer the D'Onofrio/Erbe eps acting-wise. I'm also a major Perry Mason fan.

[pandoradeloeste.livejournal.com]

Inherit the Wind wins pretty hard. I'm also partial to Illegal Alien (http://www.amazon.com/Illegal-Alien-Robert-J-Sawyer/dp/0441005926/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211497659&sr=8-2) by Robert J. Sawyer.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Inherit The Wind is a given, as are the courtroom scenes in To Kill A Mockingbird, ending in Atticus's brilliant closing.

Scott Turow's One L was fascinating, but I sure hope it's not that true anymore, because I don't want to completely die come this fall...

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Oh, one more: Star Trek: The Next Generation "Measure Of A Man" and "The Drumhead."

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

I liked The Ghosts of Hopewell...it did a great job of shattering the illusions of the "everybody in the world except the guy they convicted kidnapped and killed the Lindbergh baby" crowd.

Francis X. Busch wrote some good accounts of trials---they're collected in four or so different collections.

Raymond Paul's "Quincannon" books were wonderful fiction about a very clever lawyer in early nineteenth-century America. Shame he didn't write more of them.

[kestrels-nest.livejournal.com]

In some semblance of order: To Kill A Mockingbird (one of my all time favorites of any genre or subject matter), Inherit the Wind and Anatomy of a Murder (the book; I've never seen the movie.)

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

12 Angry Men (the original movie)- We had to watch this in my highschool Poli Sci class and it really struck me as being a nice view of the legal system from an alternate perspective.

I used to watch Law and Order, CSI and similair shows, but I tend to get too caught up in them and cause myself needless stress (which is very very bad for my health). I love the shows, just can't watch them because of my stupid brain.

[jss]

Seconded on 12 Angry Men, and fifthed or sixthed on Inherit the Wind.

[klangley56.livejournal.com]

Well, on the down side--but it's an extremely well-written book--MEAN JUSTICE by Edward Humes. It's about a travesty of justice that will make you very afraid of the legal system.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough...legal drama is not really my thing. ST:TNG's episode DrumHead is pretty good though.

However, I think I may just be buying that book, let us hope that life imitates fiction. But I doubt it, Bush has that nice little private fiefdom in Paraguay to retire to, and they don't have any pesky extradition laws there.

[rdmaughan.livejournal.com]

Some good ones already mentioned, I'd add Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Very funny but makes you think at the same time.

[tesral.livejournal.com]

Fiction, even if we wish it was not. The part that truly grinds me is I know that the Devil protects his own, and Bush will never pay for any of the crimes he has flagrantly committed.