Lise Olsen

Code of Silence

Sexual Misconduct by Federal Judges, the Secret System That Protects Them, and the Women Who Blew the Whistle

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Produktbeschreibung

"A book about lawbreaking federal judges, the secret disciplinary system that protects them, and the brave women who blew the whistle"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 137mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780807007280
• ISBN-10: 0807007285
• Artikelnr.: 63695969

Autorenporträt

Lise Olsen is a senior investigative reporter whose work has appeared in the Texas Observer, InsideClimate News, and the Houston Chronicle, as well as in documentaries on CNN and A&E. Olsen has more than 20 years’ experience specializing primarily in crime, corruption, worker safety, and human rights. She has extensively covered federal judicial corruption sagas, including the initially secret sexual assault complaint and subsequent impeachment of a federal judge, as well as other misconduct cases. Her reports have inspired laws and reforms, spurred official investigations and prosecutions, restored names to unidentified murder victims, and freed dozens of wrongfully held prisoners. Follow her on Twitter (@lisedigger).

Inhaltsangabe

PROLOGUE
The Tip
PART I: CASTES OF THE COURTS
CHAPTER 1
An Awkward Encounter
CHAPTER 2
Flight
CHAPTER 3
Kings of the Courts
CHAPTER 4
Chambers and Secrets
CHAPTER 5
The Reluctant Whistleblower
PART II: THE SECRET SYSTEM
CHAPTER 6
The Complaint
CHAPTER 7
Her Honor
CHAPTER 8
A Botched Investigation
INTERLUDE
The Exposé
CHAPTER 9
A Corrupt Judge
PART III: JUDGMENT DAY FOR JUDGES
CHAPTER 10
The Keeper of Secrets
CHAPTER 11
A Criminal Probe
CHAPTER 12
Person B
CHAPTER 13
The Path to Impeachment
CHAPTER 14
Another Encounter with Judge Kozinski
CHAPTER 15
Calls for Reform—and a Backlash
EPILOGUE
The Quilter
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index