Diary of a DA The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Took on the Mob, Fought Corruption, and Won

Name: Diary of a DA The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Took on the Mob, Fought Corruption, and Won
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ISBN: 9781620871676

ISBN-10: 162087167X

ISBN-13: 9781620871676

Edition: 2012

Authors: Herbert J. Stern

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In 1961, twenty-five-year-old Herbert Jay Stern, fresh from reserve duty, stood in his green army uniform in a New York County courtroom to be sworn in as an attorney. He could only guess what his life as a prosecuting lawyer would be. A dozen years later, in the wake of the national scandal of Watergate, Stern, draped in black robes now, would take the oath of office as a federal judge. In the years between, the idealistic young Stern would sharpen his skills in the realities of the criminal courts of New York City, to emerge as the lead trial attorney for the Justice Department, charged with breaking the back of organized crime in New Jersey.Stern’s highly charged account of his outright…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Herbert J. Stern is considered one of the most famous district attorneys in the history of the United States. He helped catch the killers of Malcolm X, indicted the head of the French CIA for shipping 100 pounds of heroin into the United States, prosecuted the real-life Tony Soprano, and convicted the mayors of Newark , Jersey City, and Atlantic City.