Justice in Plain Sight: How a Small-Town Newspaper and Its Unlikely Lawyer Opened America's Courtrooms

by Dan Bernstein

Book Overview

Justice in Plain Sight is the story of a hometown newspaper in Riverside, California, that set out to do its job: tell readers about shocking crimes in their own backyard. But when judges slammed the courtroom door on the public, including the press, it became impossible to tell the whole story. Pinning its hopes on business lawyer Jim Ward, whom Press-Enterprise editor Tim Hays had come to know and trust, the newspaper took two cases...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496219791
• ISBN13: 9781496219794
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"