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Since I am not an attorney I was wary that this book would be dry and incomprehensibly drenched in legalese. It was not. In fact it was so beautifully written that every page just sang while still covering the very intense moments played out throughout the book so that every circumstance was easily understandable. Beautifully written, it covered a subject matter that contained little beauty at all. It is a damning indictment of what is supposed to be the epitome of our country's 'justice' system, our corrupt and corrupting Department of Justice as well as a few courtrooms in this country, to boot. Reading this book made me so angry and beyond the anger a feeling of despair that the faith that we should have in our justice system cannot be justified. So many lives ruined because a few (or many) justice department lawyers apparently valued their own upward career mobility over the very reason for their existence in their positions...JUSTICE. To lie, to cheat, to win at all costs (not their's) is the game. To treat defendants as numbers instead of human beings who deserve the presumption of innocence and the right to a speedy defense (that doesn't take years from someone's life) seems the rule. To spend millions of taxpayer dollars to drag out lengthy trials over many years is just an advantage to be taken while the lies continue and the defendant's bank accounts are emptied. The 'liberty and justice for all' that we believe is available to us is just an empty promise today. This is a wonderfully informative book but oh, so, sad. Ms. Powell is owed a debt of gratitude from the citizens of this country for exposing the wrongs she witnessed.