Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office

Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office by Kevin Davis
English | April 3rd, 2007 | ASIN: B000OT7TVK, ISBN: 0743270940 | 294 Pages | EPUB | 0.41 MB
Chicago was the nation's deadliest city in 2001, recording 666 homicides. For lawyers in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Murder Task Force, that meant a steady flow of new clients. Eight out of ten people arrested for murder in Chicago are represented by public defenders. They're assigned the most challenging and seemingly hopeless cases, yet they always fight to win.