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To Punish and Protect: A DA's Fight Against a System That Coddles Criminals

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A truly boring book, more propaganda than legal theory. Ms. Pirro manages to write a most frivolous and banal story even with the services of a "co-author". I can only imagine what the writing would have been like had she actually taken the time to write it herself. We assume lawyers should be able to write reasonably cogent, coherent arguments but apparently Ms. Pirro's law school didn't emphasize writing as an art form. A complete waste of time and money!

Jeanine Piro's new "book" is more brochure and advertisement than literture. Contrived, superficial and hopelessly lacking intellectual merit, it's main purpose is to promote not enlighten - promote Jeanine Pirro. Westchester County is one of those notoriously corrupt suburban areas that surround New York City. Politics is based on deal-making, influence peddling and back-scratching. Ms. Pirro - who narrowly escaped tax evasion charges several years ago - plays the game as well as anyone. She has pursued indictments against innocent people - mostly men - based on politics and publicity rather than justice. She has teamed with several prominent judges who have effectively become her personal judicial lap dogs. Her arrogance and vanity are a constant source of private - very private - jokes within the local court system. As an attorney in private practice I am not the least impressed with this book and hopefully very few others will be either - two thumbs down!

This book is unbelievably inane and self-serving. Ms. Pirro should stick to political pandering around the courthouse and leave the literary arena to others more worthy. If, however, she is she is still determined to write a lousy book, she should at least do her own writing rather than use a "co-author". Please don't waste your precious time on this book.

PM

She helped incarcerate an innocent man in New York for 20 years- see "Richard DiGuglielmo Jr. case". Do not support her, her TV show or this book.

This book provides a succinct view of the Criminal Justice System, from an angle which many outside of Law Enforcement rarely see: the plight of the victims to endure and relive the horrors brought on them by predators, in their quest for justice. "To Protect and Punish," screams for reform. With each story told, comes the need to advocate for changes in our penal laws which have become outdated.

As the daughter of a homicide victim, I was deeply touched by Jeanine Pirro's sensitivity to all victims who have had their lives devastated by heinous criminals. The author clearly understands how in one split second a family can be nearly destroyed and left to rebuild their shattered lives with little help from a system that failed to protect them.
This book should be required reading for all criminal justice students, politicians and community activists. Elected public officials would be well advised to heed the information set forth by DA Pirro. If they did so, stronger legislation would be enacted enabling the prosecution and punishment of offenders rather than wasting taxpayers dollars on coddling them. Why doesn't the government pay for the education of victims and the children of victims instead of providing masters degrees for those in jail.
Jeanine Pirro - you have given a voice to those who can no longer speak for themselves. Thank you!

I loved this book. I hope her critics were right about her seeking higher office, you know, like prez? We should all be so lucky as to have a state's attorney like Ms Pirro.

What do sally Jane Raphael and Jeannine Pirro have in common? Apparently quite a bit. They are both good behind the camera with their false smiles and faux sincerity. They are both great at twisting facts and destorting the truth. They are both narcissists in love with their image. They are both so driven for fame that they would easily sell their souls and their children's souls to achieve it. And last, but not least, neither one of them can write without a co-author. I spent good money on a very dull and frivolous book, how can I get my money back!

I picked up this book expecting an exciting "Law and Order" overview of a prosecutor fighting the good fight against the criminals of society. While this book certainly covers that, it also includes heartfelt stories of victims overcoming the odds, and heartbreaking ones of victims being cheated by the system. It shows Mrs. Pirro's efforts to address the wrongs she writes about in this book, especially in regards to crimes against women, children, the elderly and minorities. Remarkably, it's also a pretty easy read - I was able to read it in 2 days. I would definitely encourage you to read this book.

Ms. Pirro's new book - which was really written by Catherine Whitney - is rather shallow and vacuous. It's filled with politically correct platitudes about gender law and women's rights while providing nothing to enlighten the reader. Her tough talk about crime and corruption are old, warmed-over themes from a decade ago. The author is simply a local politician whose vanity and ambition far exceed her intellect. A boring, banal book barely worth the fine paper it was printed on.

T.W.