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Gideon's Children by Howard G. Franklin6/30/2023 ![]() In this novel, Franklin attempts to recapture a unique time in American history: The judges represent the law-and-order element that wanted to keep a lid on change, and the public defenders are, in effect, the liberals who aimed to tear down the establishment. Meanwhile, Harris deals with the fact that his girlfriend, Stella, is battling cancer. This plays havoc with the system and makes enemies of the judges. Sparked by the feelings of rage in the air, Harris and other public defenders decide that they are going to stop advising their clients to take plea bargains because they usually result in innocent people receiving unjust punishment instead, they resolve to start trying every single case. Matt Harris joins the public defender’s office in Solina, California, where the court system is filled with bullying and prejudicial judges and where poor African-Americans, Hispanics and others at the bottom of society’s ladder receive no justice. That chaotic year is the setting for this legal thriller, which tries to recapture some of that era’s idealistic spirit. ![]() Kennedy were assassinated, Vietnam War protestors filled the streets, and violence broke out during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The year 1968 was a tumultuous time in America. An idealistic young public defender and his colleagues decide to stop plea-bargaining in Franklin’s ( An Irish Experience, 2008, etc.) historical novel. ![]()
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