TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - Defending the guilty : truth and lies in the criminal courtroom
SN  - 9780241986912
AV  -  KD632.M36 M47 2011 
PY  - 2011///
KW  - Print books
KW  - local
N2  - 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
ER  -