MEDIA
Recommended Reading
Books written by our colleagues that explain how the federal system works in practice.
Books
Reclaiming the Sixth Amendment
How the structure of the criminal justice system recognizes the right to counsel but never enforces it.
Nightmare Success
A memoir of loyalty, betrayal, and life after a federal prosecution — and what rebuilding looks like on the other side.
Pay to Play
A first-person account of how federal charging leverage, plea pressure, and asset exposure shape outcomes long before a courtroom is involved.
Second Chance Economics
How hiring the formerly incarcerated could unlock $1 trillion in GDP, and what the collateral consequences of a conviction cost the wider economy.
Licensed to Lie
A detailed look at federal prosecutorial overreach and the procedural gaps that allow disclosure failures to go unchecked.
Doctor Not Guilty
A physician's account of surviving a healthcare fraud prosecution and fighting for justice in a system that treats healing as a crime.
Blank Canvas
A first-person account of rebuilding a life after federal prison, and what reentry actually requires.
Wired on Wall Street
A first-person account of cooperation, informant pressure, and how federal investigations reshape the lives of everyone they touch.
Three Felonies A Day
How the breadth and vagueness of federal criminal law let prosecutors build cases around ordinary conduct.
Reasonable Doubts
A close look at how rumor, innuendo, and investigative shortcuts can drive a case to conviction.
Everything Under the Sun (forthcoming)
A firsthand reflection on accountability, consequence, and renewal following a white-collar conviction and time in federal custody.
Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement of any author's conclusions about a particular case. These works are listed because they help explain the structure and incentives of the federal system.
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