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Headline justice : inside the courtroom : the country's most controversial trials

Title: Headline justice : inside the courtroom : the country's most controversial trials / Theo Wilson.
Author: Wilson, Theo.
Publication: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, 1996.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	PN4872.W55 H43 1996	Off-site

Description

xv, 238 pages; 24 cm

Summary

From the 1950s through the 1980s Theo Wilson, described as "the greatest trial reporter in the U.S." covered every major court case for the New York Daily News. Drawing on the lessons of trials past and the insights which made her a cult figure among her readers, Theo tells a colorful story of the vanished world of respectable tabloid journalism and one reporter's unique impact on her profession and America's legal system.
Lawyers and judges considered her an authority to be reckoned with, and readers knew she would never mislead them. Woven through these tales is a story of American journalism as it used to be practiced by a breed of spirited, witty, brilliant writers and editors dedicated to reporting the truth. Including the trials of Sam Sheppard, Jack Ruby, Charles Manson, Claus Von Bulow, Patty Hearst, John DeLorean, Angela Davis, Sirhan Sirhan, and Son of Sam.

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ISBN

1560251085

LCCN

96018293

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Columbia University Libraries