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008			260422b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780241986912 _c(paperback)
040			_beng _cAU
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050			_a KD632.M36 M47 2011
100			_4Alex McBride
245			_aDefending the guilty _btruth and lies in the criminal courtroom _cMcBride, Alex _hauthor
260			_aLondon _bPenguin Books _c2011
264			_c©2011
300			_a272 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
520			_aAs 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
655		0	_aPrint books. _2local _94
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