Rick Brewer thought the robbery would be “easy in, easy out” when he rounded up a team to rob the Bread Store. But when they arrived, there was no money, and Brewer shot employee Jason Frost three times at close range with a sawed-off Mossberg shotgun. 
John O’Mara, for twenty years the top prosecutor in Sacramento’s homicide division, must decide whether or not to seek the death penalty, and his team of prosecutors must fight for justice for the family and the state.
This case—and others that are just as shocking, including the case against Nikolay Soltys, the Ukranian émigré who slit the throat of his pregnant wife and then killed four members of his family, including his three-year-old son, and a high-profile case involving the SLA and Patty Hearst—is the subject of The Prosecutors, a graphic, behind-the-scenes look at how the criminal justice system really operates.

The Prosecutors: Kidnap, Rape, Murder, Justice : One Year Behind the Scenes in a Big-City DA's Office

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Delsohn, Gary

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Plume

A behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of America's overburdened criminal justice system is revealed through the eyes of John O'Mara, a tough, streetwise homicide investigator, and Jan Scully, a former sex-crimes prosecutor turned D.A., as they deal with a series of shocking crimes, real-life legal dramas, and controversies over the course of a year. 30,000 first printing.

The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office

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Dutton Adult

The Prosecutors lifts the lid off today's legal system with details that are more shocking and graphic than any television show or bestselling novel. Allowed access inside an urban prosecutor's office, Gary Delsohn provides a behind-the-scenes look at how America's overburdened judicial system reallly functions.

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Reveals the inner workings of America's overburdened criminal justice system through the eyes of homicide investigator John O'Mara and district attorney Jan Scully, as they deal with legal dramas and controversies over the course of a year.

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The Prosecutors: Kidnap, Rape, Murder, Justice : One Year Behind the Scenes in a Big-City DA's Office

The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office

The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office

The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office