The passing parade : The view from the bench, 3. -- Anything and the truth : Truth undernimined by fairness and criminal go free, 15. -- Snowy night and cars on the run : The fourth amendment and the suppression of evidence, 35. -- The silence of the fox : Miranda and the quagmire of coercion, confession, and conscience, 66. -- Clam up and call your lawyer : The right to counsel and the rules of investigation, 88. -- The rush to nowhere : Speedy trial statutes do not guarantee rapid justice, 107. -- The theater of the absurd : Anything goes in the modern american courtroom, 121. -- The plea bargain tortured outcome of an overwhelmed system, 143. -- Poker - faced justice : How liberal discovery laws can hide the facts and subvert the truth, 167. -- Speak no evil : The truth, a defendant's accountability, and the fifth amendment, 186. -- A jury of fears : Twelve ordinary citizens the legal system doesn't trust with the truth, 197. -- Judgment day : A demand for common sense in the courtroom, 222