Title: Just trying to excuse himself for giving murder John Thomas Sweeny a tap on the wrist
Product review: This author was the judge for the case back in the early 1980s involving the murder of the child of D. Dunne the writer. The judge didn't let in evidence that the defendant was a serial abuser of women and as a result the defendant got off with a very light sentence of 2 1/2 years beyond time served. He was very pro defense during the trial until he learned of the very negative reaction of the public and then blamed the jury. The jury foreman said the judge's comments were a cheap shot and if they had known about the many other instances of abuse that had happened they would have put him away for life. If you read the account of the trial in Vanity Fair its easy to see how the judge was pro defense throughout the trial. So apparently he has gone from blaming the jury to blaming the system. With this knowledge its hard to like this book.
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