How Can You Defend Those People?

By Mickey Sherman

Book Overview

In the tradition of true crime bestsellers by Alan Dershowitz and Dominick Dunne, Mickey Sherman delivers a powerful and extraordinarily candid account of his legal career that gives the readers an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599213737
• ISBN13: 9781599213736
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Informative Read

I did not want to turn the last page of this book and have it end. I was so drawn into the stories of these ordinary people and how a criminal defense attorney's mind works in order to help and represent his client. The story towards the end of the book about Roger Ligon was very moving and just about brought me to tears. I felt many emotions reading about Mickey's career. Sadness for the people who found themselves in these situations, laughter at the wild pranks Mickey would pull, and most importantly, I have a new understanding of the criminal defense attorney. There have been many cases in the media where my feelings were to lock that person up and throw away the key. But, as Mickey stated, I only know the story as the media presents it. This book is a great read. I hope Mickey is working on his next book now.

Insightful, very funny, and then there's the penultimate story of Roger Ligon

This book should be mandatory reading for criminal defense attorneys. It gets your head, your heart, and your ego in the right place. A light, quick and engaging read, it will crack you up again and again at the same time as imparting much insight. And then there's the chapter on the Roger Ligon case, the prep and trial of which is a model of unstinting hard work, commitment and brilliance by attorney Sherman. And it's cheap, you should buy a bunch of copies so you can hand them out the next time someone asks, "How can you defend those people?!"

Very well written

I've often asked myself "how can that lawyer defend that person". I guess sometimes I still wonder, but in our wonderful country every person has the right to be represented/defended in court. Sort of reminds me of hate the sin but love the sinner . . Can't love the sinner, but can accept the fact that he has the right to good legal counsel.

Hysterically Entertaining

Hysterically Entertaining Enchanted by the quagmires, challenges, and events that surround the lives of attorneys, media commentators, and entertainers? Interested in the inside scoop on high profile cases, courtroom dramas, actors, players, and the personal boundaries that attorney's often face? Want to read something that will make you laugh out loud, get teary eyed, stir your nerves, rock your views, and motivate you to live each day as you see fit? If your answers are yes - then "How Can You Defend Those People" is a MUST READ! It's rare to find a book where readers are so moved by one man's life experiences! Mickey Sherman's accounts are so vividly cast and frankly depicted that they leave you yearning for more and wondering how all these interesting events could possibly have happened to one person! From Michael Skakel, OJ Simpson, Scott Peterson, Martha Stewart, the Menedez brothers ... to the quite unknown yet poignant story of Roger Ligon ... this book is well-written, exciting, and hysterically entertaining!