truth and lies in the criminal courtroom creator Alex McBride text Print books. London Penguin Books 2011 monographic eng

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272 pages As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl s frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading only one way. Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick-thinking, sharp-talking and his hard-won legal expertise, attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, even a lifetime behind bars. Sometimes he's had only a few hours to prepare his case. Sometimes his client is obviously guilty McBride, Alex KD632.M36 M47 2011 9780241986912 260422 20260422084311.0 eng