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Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves de John Kroger

Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves

Autor John Kroger
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2009

Vezi toate premiile Carte premiată

Oregon Book Awards (2009)

Ne-a atras atenția, încă de la primele pagini, motivația profundă a lui John Kroger de a scrie acest volum: dorința de a demistifica rolul procurorului federal și de a expune dilemele etice care apar atunci când legea întâlnește realitatea brutală a criminalității organizate. În Convictions, autorul nu se limitează la a prezenta succesele din sala de judecată, ci ne oferă o perspectivă rară asupra mecanismelor interne ale justiției americane, de la recrutarea sa ca începător până la vârful carierei. Merită menționat că relatarea este surprinzător de onestă în privința puterii imense pe care un procuror o exercită asupra vieților oamenilor.

Notăm cu interes detaliile tehnice pe care Kroger le integrează natural în firul narativ. Cititorul învață, alături de el, cum se „întoarce” un suspect pentru a deveni martor al acuzării sau cum se navighează printre capcanele întinse de avocații apărării în cazul unor giganți precum Enron. Narativul amintește de Doing Justice prin intensitatea cu care reconstituie o epocă și prin modul în care explorează responsabilitatea morală a celui care caută adevărul. În timp ce alte memorii juridice se concentrează strict pe spectacolul procesului, Convictions pune accent pe munca de investigație laborioasă, adesea invizibilă.

Stilul este alert, dar echilibrat, evitând senzaționalismul ieftin în favoarea unei analize lucide a sistemului legal. Față de alte titluri similare, precum Found Guilty, But..., care explorează corupția sistemică din exterior, perspectiva lui Kroger rămâne ancorată în interiorul instituțiilor statului, oferind o lecție despre integritate și limitele puterii. Este o cronică despre justiție văzută nu ca un ideal abstract, ci ca o luptă zilnică, plină de compromisuri și decizii dificile.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780374531775
ISBN-10: 0374531773
Pagini: 466
Dimensiuni: 140 x 218 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Farrar Straus Giroux
Locul publicării:New York, NY

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte oricui dorește să înțeleagă realitatea din spatele dosarelor celebre de crimă organizată și corupție corporativă. Este o lectură esențială pentru pasionații de drept și beletristică polițistă, oferind o privire autentică asupra procesului de investigație. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă clară asupra modului în care funcționează cu adevărat sistemul federal de justiție, dincolo de dramele televizate.

Despre autor

John Kroger este o figură proeminentă a sistemului juridic american, servind ca Procuror General al statului Oregon. Absolvent al universităților Yale și Harvard Law School, parcursul său profesional este unul remarcabil prin diversitate, incluzând experiența de pușcaș marin în cadrul U.S. Marines, cea de procuror federal și de profesor de drept. Această experiență multidisciplinară îi conferă o autoritate morală și tehnică deosebită în analizarea sistemului penal, transformându-l într-un observator fin al mecanismelor puterii și dreptății.

Recenzii

"As a former assistant district attorney, I can identify with John Kroger's" Convictions." It is straightforward and truthful, and it shows life as it really is in the "pit." This searching memoir is suspenseful and enlightening reading for lay people and members of the legal profession alike." -Joe Jamail, author of "Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations"
""Convictions" is the extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming of age. John Kroger takes readers by the hand and invites us to boldly face, along with him, the thriving parallel dystopia of the world's most dangerous criminals. Replete with fascinating detail that illuminated for me a maze of law enforcement issues that I'd never grasped before, this book is essential reading for an informed citizenry." -Terri Jentz, author of "Strange Piece of Paradise"
""Convictions" is a mesmerizing account of federal criminal prosecution from the inside. John Kroger has been there, fighting the good fight against drug dealers, Mafia kingpins, and corporate sleazes. But the good fighter does not always win, and winning sometimes requires compromises along the way. For anyone interested in true crime and criminal justice, this is a must read." -Peter Charles Hoffer, author of "The Supreme Court: An Essential History" and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia

""Convictions" is many things at once, all brilliantly: a mob story, a drug kingpin story, a white-collar corruption story. But at its heart and most profoundly it is the coming-of-age story of a young man who has everything it takes to be great at his job, only to discover this isn't enough to do good in the world. Kroger wins here as he did in the courtroom-with simplicity and candor, passion and integrity, and a ferocious, persuasive intelligence." -Susan Choi, author of "American Woman" "As a former assistant district attorney, I can identify with John Kroger's" Convictions." It is straightforward and truthful, and it shows life as it really is in the "pit." This searching memoir is suspenseful and enlightening reading for lay people and members of the legal profession alike." -Joe Jamail, author of "Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations"
""Convictions" is the extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming of age. John Kroger takes readers by the hand and invites us to boldly face, along with him, the thriving parallel dystopia of the world's most dangerous criminals. Replete with fascinating detail that illuminated for me a maze of law enforcement issues that I'd never grasped before, this book is essential reading for an informed citizenry." -Terri Jentz, author of "Strange Piece of Paradise"
""Convictions" is a mesmerizing account of federal criminal prosecution from the inside. John Kroger has been there, fighting the good fight against drug dealers, Mafia kingpins, and corporate sleazes. But the good fighter does not always win, and winning sometimes requires compromises along the way. For anyone interested in true crime and criminal justice, this is amust read." -Peter Charles Hoffer, author of "The Supreme Court: An Essential History" and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia

""Convictions" is a mesmerizing account of federal criminal prosecution from the inside. John Kroger has been there, fighting the good fight against drug dealers, Mafia kingpins, and corporate sleazes. But the good fighter does not always win, and winning sometimes requires compromises along the way. For anyone interested in true crime and criminal justice, this is a must read." --Peter Charles Hoffer, author of "The Supreme Court: An Essential History" and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia

"John Kroger's "Convictions" is the best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin's "Opening Arguments," It is an engrossing look at how some of the most famous criminal cases of our era were built and won, and probably the frankest discussion ever of the extraordinary ethical dilemmas that go with wielding the government's crushing power over lives." -Scott Turow, author of "Limitations """Convictions" is many things at once, all brilliantly: a mob story, a drug kingpin story, a white-collar corruption story. But at its heart and most profoundly it is the coming-of-age story of a young man who has everything it takes to be great at his job, only to discover this isn't enough to do good in the world. Kroger wins here as he did in the courtroom--with simplicity and candor, passion and integrity, and a ferocious, persuasive intelligence." -Susan Choi, author of "American Woman" "As a former assistant district attorney, I can identify with John Kroger's" Convictions." It is straightforward and truthful, and it shows life as it really is in the "pit." This searching memoir is suspenseful and enlightening reading for lay people and members of the legal profession alike." -Joe Jamail, author of "Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations"""Convictions" is the extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming of age. John Kroger takes readers by the hand and invites us to boldly face, along with him, the thriving parallel dystopia of the world's most dangerous criminals. Replete with fascinating detail that illuminated for me a maze of law enforcement issues that I'd never grasped before, this book is essential reading for an informed citizenry." --Terri Jentz, author of "Strange Piece of Paradise "
""Convictions" is a mesmerizing account of federal criminal prosecution from the inside. John Kroger has been there, fighting the good fight against drug dealers, Mafia kingpins, and corporate sleazes. But the good fighter does not always win, and winning sometimes requires compromises along the way. For anyone interested in true crime and criminal justice, this is a must read." --Peter Charles Hoffer, author of "The Supreme Court: An Essential History" and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia

“Engrossing . . . The best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin’s "Opening Arguments".” —Scott Turow
“Exhaustive and fair-minded . . . Kroger’s assessment of the federal prosecutor’s problematic, overly powerful role in the legal system is well rendered and crisply delivered.” —"Kirkus Reviews
"
“A thoughtful, compulsively readable assessment of the American justice system’s struggles with the greatest social evils of our time . . . [Kroger] accomplishes more in a few hundred pages than many professional journalists and legal scholars achieve in a thousand.” —Matt Buckingham, "Willamette"" Week
"“I have read dozens of books by and about prosecutors. Kroger’s is one of the best.” —Steve Weinberg, "The Oregonian
"“The extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor’s coming-of-age . . . Essential reading.” —Terri Jentz,

"Engrossing . . . The best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin's "Opening Arguments"." --Scott Turow

"Exhaustive and fair-minded . . . Kroger's assessment of the federal prosecutor's problematic, overly powerful role in the legal system is well rendered and crisply delivered." --"Kirkus Reviews
"
"A thoughtful, compulsively readable assessment of the American justice system's struggles with the greatest social evils of our time . . . [Kroger] accomplishes more in a few hundred pages than many professional journalists and legal scholars achieve in a thousand." --Matt Buckingham, "Willamette"" Week

""I have read dozens of books by and about prosecutors. Kroger's is one of the best." --Steve Weinberg, "The Oregonian

""The extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming-of-age . . . Essential reading." --Terri Jentz, author of "Strange Piece of Paradise

""Kroger wins here as he did in the courtroom--with simplicity and candor, passion and integrity, and a ferocious, persuasive intelligence." --Susan Choi, author of "American Woman"

Descriere

As an Assistant United States Attorney, John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. In "Convictions," Kroger reveals how to flip a perp, how to conduct a cross, how to work an informant, how to placate a hostile judge. Starting from his time as a green recruit and ending at the peak of his career, he steers us through the complexities and ethical dilemmas in the life of a prosecutor, where the battle in the courtroom is only the culmination of long and intricate investigative work.

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