More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends.
ALAFAIR BURKEMore than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends.
ALAFAIR BURKEAll lying – you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there’s a calamity.
ALAFAIR BURKEInstructions are supposed to translate the law into lay terms that the jury can apply to the facts as they determine them.
ALAFAIR BURKENothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.
ALAFAIR BURKEApparently, an undocumented side effect of dope is a gross overestimation of one’s own intelligence.
ALAFAIR BURKEDrew Chapman is a debut novelist to watch.
ALAFAIR BURKEThey were asked to listen to the facts and apply the law to the best of their ability in a case the world was watching.
ALAFAIR BURKEAccording to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers.
ALAFAIR BURKEIn our system, we leave questions of fact to a jury. But to render a verdict, a jury must know the law. For this, we rely upon jury instructions.
ALAFAIR BURKENearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.
ALAFAIR BURKEIts unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-sa What I said: “Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it,
ALAFAIR BURKEApathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.
ALAFAIR BURKEAnyone who’s had a shower and hasn’t ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.
ALAFAIR BURKEBefore we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary.
ALAFAIR BURKENo Time For Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I’m jealous I didn’t write it.
ALAFAIR BURKEPlaying well with others isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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