Book summaryAn account of a small-town judge who pathologically raped and abused female staff members for years. In the small county of Dyer, Tennessee, David Lanier and his brother James were respectively judge and district attorney. With threats that seemed all too enforceable in a small town, Judge Lanier succeeded in keeping the abused women silent until one woman reported him to the FBI, thus beginning an intricate and creative effort to bring Judge Lanier to justice. Winner of the 1997 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime. |
Power to Hurt : Inside a Judge's Chambers: Sexual Assault, Corruption, and the Ultimate Reversal of Justice for Womenby O'Brien, DarcyFirst Edition
Book desription: New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. 374 pages. Illustrated with photographs. The account of eight brave women who finally secured the imprisonment of a small town judge who habitually assaulted women sexually and engaged in other forms of corruption.. ISBN: 0060179597. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION LAW GENERAL.
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