{"product_id":"9781509841141-secret-barrister-stories-of-the-law-and-how-its-broken","title":"The Secret Barrister","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories of the Law and How It's Broken\u003cbr\u003eAn eye opening and often hilarious account of the criminal justice system, and how it affects us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly funny and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e number one bestseller.\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty are allowed to walk free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken\u003c\/i\u003e I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Secret Barrister's first fiction novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut Throat Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, is available now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31787315298401,"sku":"9781509841141","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_9282907_jpg.jpg?v=1708419189","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509841141-secret-barrister-stories-of-the-law-and-how-its-broken","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}