True Justice, Robert K. Tanenbaum
True Justice, Robert K. Tanenbaum
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True Justice

Author: Robert K. Tanenbaum

Narrator: Chris Meloni

Abridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2000


Synopsis

For Butch Karp, chief assistant district attorney for New York County, the nightmare begins when a shocking act of negligence results in homicide. Goaded by the media's sensational publicity, the public is screaming for blood, and the DA is listening. It is Butch Karp's unpleasant job to give the public what it wants -- a thorough administration of hard-line justice -- by prosecuting a poor, Hispanic, fifteen-year-old mother for murder.

Complicating matters further is Butch's wife, private investigator Marlene Ciampi, who has decided to return to law. On her first assignment, a case involving an equally unspeakable tragedy, Marlene has the unenviable task of taking on a politically ambitious local prosecutor who is pressing to charge a suburban teenager with capital murder.

With Butch and Marlene squaring off on opposite sides of a national debate, things couldn't get worse, until an astonishing turn of events puts their daughter at the center of a horrifying crime. Suddenly, everything they believe in is challenged, as they are drawn into a maelstrom of big city politics and small town values, where justice is sacrificed to the twin gods of public perception and expediency -- and Karp must struggle to salvage his self-respect, his career, and his very life.

About Robert K. Tanenbaum

Robert K. Tanenbaum is the author of thirty-two books—twenty-nine novels and three nonfiction books: Badge of the Assassin, the true account of his investigation and trials of self-proclaimed members of the Black Liberation Army who assassinated two NYPD police officers; The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer; and Echoes of My Soul, the true story of a shocking double murder that resulted in the DA exonerating an innocent man while searching for the real killer. The case was cited by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren in the famous Miranda decision. He is one of the most successful prosecuting attorneys, having never lost a felony trial and convicting hundreds of violent criminals. He was a special prosecution consultant on the Hillside strangler case in Los Angeles and defended Amy Grossberg in her sensationalized baby death case. He was Assistant District Attorney in New York County in the office of legendary District Attorney Frank Hogan, where he ran the Homicide Bureau, served as Chief of the Criminal Courts, and was in charge of the DA’s legal staff training program. He served as Deputy Chief counsel for the Congressional Committee investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also served two terms as mayor of Beverly Hills and taught Advanced Criminal Procedure for four years at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and has conducted continuing legal education (CLE) seminars for practicing lawyers in California, New York, and Pennsylvania. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tanenbaum attended the University of California at Berkeley on a basketball scholarship, where he earned a B.A. He received his law degree (J.D.) from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Visit RobertKTanenbaumBooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on February 02, 2015

When three cases involving baby deaths dominate the headlines Butch Karp gets up to speed on the pertinent laws for his boss. One case grabs his attention when the DA wants to try a 16 year old rape victim for capitol murder after she claims she didn't know she was pregnant and disposed of the baby......more

Goodreads review by C on July 20, 2017

If you enjoy fast paced, American crime thrillers, this is a good book. It was interesting to read one for once from the p.o.v. of the lawyers, and this avoided most bloodshed and violence (with still a smattering to keep up the pace). It was an interesting moral exploration - although the morality......more

Goodreads review by Tgordon on October 06, 2021

I have read these books out of order so some of the “future” I already know. This was not my favorite book in this series but in reverence to what this series has meant to me I still gave it a solid 4. It may be because of the short length of the book in comparison to the others? It may be because t......more

Goodreads review by krhealeo2 on March 25, 2023

Never a disappointment! If you have ever read a Tanebaum book you know you are going to be exquisitely entertained. You know you are going to learn important things about the law and human nature. The best part of it all? You will love it from the first page until the last, and then you immediately w......more

Goodreads review by Azri Razak on January 27, 2021

It was an interesting read. I don't know what to call it, it fits around the genre of criminal-law-thriller fiction kinda book I guess. I really liked and enjoyed the adult humor used in this setting. It's not something I normally see in the books I read so far. The story's interesting but I was real......more