Antero Pietila
With punchy writing and accompanied by salient snippets from wiretaps, prosecutor Leo Wise examines how he and his federal team won convictions against a corrupt posse of Baltimore detectives, who robbed drug dealers and bystanders of guns, cash, and narcotics, then divided the loot and sold what they stole. Wise's discussion of the decisions and actions his team took during the investigation, prosecution, and trial give valuable insights into this courtroom battle.
From the Publisher
With his memoir of the federal investigation into one of the most corrupt police units in our nation, veteran prosecutor Leo Wise has delivered a precise and prescriptive verdict on our drug war and what it has wrought. Where once 'protect and serve' was the claimed purpose of American law enforcement, what remains now is a predatory and profiteering culture that brings the worst police to their worst moments. The pages of Who Speaks for You? make clear we must change the mission.—David Simon, author of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, coauthor of The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, and writer-producer of HBO's The Wire and We Own This City
With punchy writing and salient snippets from wiretaps, prosecutor Leo Wise examines how he and his federal team won convictions against a corrupt posse of Baltimore detectives. Wise's discussion of the decisions and actions his team took during the investigation, prosecution, and trial give valuable insights into this courtroom battle.—Antero Pietila, author of The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy That Shaped an American City
This book is a cross between a legal thriller and Shakespearean tragedy. A must-read for anyone who seeks to understand police corruption and to learn how our legal system can sometimes work to deliver justice, even for victims who are themselves less than perfect.—Carol S. Steiker, coauthor of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment
