Indefensible : one lawyer's journey into the inferno of American justice

With verve and insider know-how, a young lawyer reveals his outrageous and heartbreaking long day's journey into night court. A former Trial Chief of the Bronx Defenders recounts an ordinary day in the life of a South Bronx public defender, citing encounters with a range of factors, from dramatic courtroom battles and threatening defendants to unscrupulous lawyers and vindictive judges