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A Compelling Portrait of the Hidden Faces of Justice

Steve Cole is a young public defense attorney with a long list of clients: Among them is Jeff Harris, who is facing a life sentence under a law that Steve believes is cruel and unfair. When Harris is presented with a plea bargain that would spare him a life sentence, Steve urges his client to accept. Steve is shocked when Harris turns down the plea bargain in favor of going to trial.

Steve quickly finds himself in the most difficult case of his career, in addition to all his other clients. Nevertheless, Steve grows to respect Harris and the decision he made, compelling him to work tirelessly for a not-guilty verdict for Harris.

Throughout the novel, author Bill Jaquette weaves his own thirty-plus years’ experience in public defense and provides readers with an intimate look at the day-to-day lives and struggles of public defense attorneys. The result is a compassionate portrayal of some of the most critical figures in the American courts, their clients, and the arduous and complicated role of maintaining justice.

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November 18, 2021
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ ARJ Publishing (November 18, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1737932806
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1737932802
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.58 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,893,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #419 in Judicial System
- #628 in Trial Practice (Books)
- #2,181 in Criminal Procedure Law

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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2022

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You make a bad decision, act in haste, and your life is taken away by the court. The defendant is supposed to considered innocent UNTIL found guilty, but that's not reality. Your in court for a reason and its up to a jury to decided your fate.

The stories in this book are real and give a look behind the much overly maligned defense attorney you see nightly on TV. All are overworked with little time for accurate defense pleadings for their clients. If you cannot afford your own attorney you are given one from the list available at the time.

Perhaps they get you exonerated or perhaps not, either way your fate is in their hands. Read how several trials actually transpired to their conclusion.

Very interesting and eye opening. Written to be understood by anyone wanting to learn some of the hoops these defense councils must traverse to obtain justice for their clients of the day.

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Insight Into Working Public Defender

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2022

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This book centers around the injustice of the politically popular three strike law that can send a person to prison for life on a third felony conviction. We follow a devoted and talented public defender, Steve Cole, in his pursuit of justice for clients with unique criminal problems and learn a lot about Washington state's legal system. At times the book gets very deep into technical legal matters of courts and law along with a constant theme of the unfairness of the three strike law. The primary case the book deals with takes up a great amount of detail and repetition and has a surprising result. I had to skim and skip numerous pages that were preachy, over technical and just not interesting to me. The basic story was o.k.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2022

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I found “Gideon's Grandchildren” an engaging trip into the daily lives of a dedicated public defender and his colleagues. It's a revealing look at both the intricacies and the reality of the law experienced by both public defenders and their clients. The sheer volume of work, cases, and proceedings coming at these public defenders is eye opening. The characters, both lawyer and accused, are compelling. The most central is Joe Sellers, a very real person caught up in the sometimes grinding bureaucracy of the law. I was drawn into the drama of the excruciating choices the law extracts from both defender and client. I'd recommend this engrossing book to any reader who wants to be both entertained and informed.

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Cassie Trueblood

A fun and interesting read!

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2022

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What a fun read! I brought the book with me on vacation and I simply could not put it down. Bill Jaquette gives an insider's view of the criminal justice system. I was fascinated by just how complicated criminal cases are and how arbitrary justice can be. Great Read, highly recommend.

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Terry Tobias

A look at a day in the life of a public defender

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022

I learned a lot about the life of a public defender and about those who cannot afford their own attorney by reading Gideon’s Grandchildren. I also gained a greater appreciation of the challenges of the legal system and wonder if there is any good solution out there. It seems that laws (like the State of Washington has) requiring criminals to make restitution for their crimes, only serve to make it harder for the non-hardened criminals who want to turn their life around. There has to be a better answer.

This book is a good read for anyone interested in learning more about the legal systems as it relates the stories of Steve Cole’s clients and their journey through the criminal justice system.

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Louise Mowbray

More about Three Strikes Law

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022

Gideon’s Grandchildren by Bill Jaquette

Gideon’s Grandchildren is an interesting read for anyone who is interested in learning how the legal system works. I enjoyed discovering how a public defender dedicates his/her time and energy to defend clients who cannot afford to hire their own attorney. It seemed overwhelming how many clients and their crimes that Steve Cole was working with at the same time. Each client had their own unique story. I was especially drawn into Jeff Harris’s story and the interaction of what he wanted and the Three Srikes Law.

The Epilogue was such an interesting end to this book. I never realized that a state like Washington created a table that determined how much time a defendant would have to serve based on their earlier crimes and the current one.

Needless to say I learned a lot about the legal system in Washington State while following Steve Cole’s work for his clients

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Denny E.Pilant

A fascinating look at the work of public defenders in the American criminal system

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2022

This book offers a hard look at the interaction between public defenders, judges, the accused and others typically involved in the US criminal justice system. There are now over 15,000 public defenders in the US. But good intentions are not enough. Public defender programs are underfunded and swamped with clients. Moreover the difficulty of applying general laws to particular cases is brilliantly illustrated by the author.
Anyone who wants to know how our public defender system actually works should enjoy Gideon’s Grandchildren.

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