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Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago
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"entertaining . . . reads like a television reality series."--Alan Dershowitz, criminal defense attorney
Ever wonder what it's really like to be a criminal prosecutor in a city like Chicago? Felony Review is a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the years Randy Barnett spent as a young prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office during the late 1970s and early 1980s--an era of violent crime and widespread corruption in the criminal courts of Chicago.With firsthand immediacy and sharp insight, Barnett recounts the murder investigations, grisly police station confessions, courtroom tactics, and moral dilemmas he faced while rising through the ranks from chaotic misdemeanor courts, to the city's pioneering Felony Review Unit, to the felony trial courts. Along the way, he reflects on why criminals confess to the police; how to maintain your integrity while working within a corrupt system; and why the exclusionary rule, which bars illegally obtained evidence from being used in court, was a good thing but should be replaced. A bracing true-crime narrative told by a prosecutor who went on to become one of the country's leading legal thinkers, Felony Review brings to life the gritty realities of big-city justice--and shows why being a real prosecutor is better than TV. It is a book for lovers of true crime stories, for lawyers, and for anyone who aspires to be a courtroom lawyer.
Author: Randy Barnett
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781641774956
About the Author
Barnett, Randy: - Randy Barnett is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at the Georgetown University Law Center where he directs the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. After graduating from Northwestern University and Harvard Law School, he tried many felony cases as a prosecutor in the Cook County States' Attorney's Office in Chicago. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Constitutional Studies and the Bradley Prize, Professor Barnett has been a visiting professor at Penn, Northwestern and Harvard Law School. His publications includes thirteen books and countless scholarly articles, book reviews, and op-eds. In 2004, he argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzalez v. Raich before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2012, he represented the National Federation of Independent Business in its constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act in NFIB v. Sebelius. He's appeared in numerous documentaries and portrayed a prosecutor in the 2010 science-fiction feature film, InAlienable.
Ever wonder what it's really like to be a criminal prosecutor in a city like Chicago? Felony Review is a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the years Randy Barnett spent as a young prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office during the late 1970s and early 1980s--an era of violent crime and widespread corruption in the criminal courts of Chicago.With firsthand immediacy and sharp insight, Barnett recounts the murder investigations, grisly police station confessions, courtroom tactics, and moral dilemmas he faced while rising through the ranks from chaotic misdemeanor courts, to the city's pioneering Felony Review Unit, to the felony trial courts. Along the way, he reflects on why criminals confess to the police; how to maintain your integrity while working within a corrupt system; and why the exclusionary rule, which bars illegally obtained evidence from being used in court, was a good thing but should be replaced. A bracing true-crime narrative told by a prosecutor who went on to become one of the country's leading legal thinkers, Felony Review brings to life the gritty realities of big-city justice--and shows why being a real prosecutor is better than TV. It is a book for lovers of true crime stories, for lawyers, and for anyone who aspires to be a courtroom lawyer.
Author: Randy Barnett
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781641774956
About the Author
Barnett, Randy: - Randy Barnett is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at the Georgetown University Law Center where he directs the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. After graduating from Northwestern University and Harvard Law School, he tried many felony cases as a prosecutor in the Cook County States' Attorney's Office in Chicago. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Constitutional Studies and the Bradley Prize, Professor Barnett has been a visiting professor at Penn, Northwestern and Harvard Law School. His publications includes thirteen books and countless scholarly articles, book reviews, and op-eds. In 2004, he argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzalez v. Raich before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2012, he represented the National Federation of Independent Business in its constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act in NFIB v. Sebelius. He's appeared in numerous documentaries and portrayed a prosecutor in the 2010 science-fiction feature film, InAlienable.
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