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Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It Hardcover – February 25, 2014

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What went wrong behind the scenes in the Trayvon Martin case? Why does America endure so many tragic shootings like this one? These are the questions at the heart of Suspicion Nation.

Bestselling author, trial attorney, and NBC News analyst Lisa Bloom covered the murder trial and was appalled by what she witnessed. Bloom now exposes the injustice, conducting new in-depth interviews with key trial participants and digging deeper into the evidence. Suspicion Nation outlines the six biggest mistakes made by the state of Florida that guaranteed it would lose this winnable case,” and the laws and biases that created the conditions for this tragedy.

The only nonwhite juror tells her story of painful isolation in the jury room. Rachel Jeantel, the state's star witness, reveals how poorly the state prepared her to testify and what went through her mind on the stand. The medical examiner reveals scientific evidence he wasn’t allowed to present. And a new examination of Trayvon's school suspensions raises questions about racial profiling, all in a country divided over issues of race, gun laws, and violence.

Suspicion Nation is a riveting courtroom drama that shines a bright light on a case we only thought we knew.

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Counterpoint
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February 25, 2014
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"A smart, fresh, powerful telling of the trial that riveted our country. Suspicion Nation is a stunning eye–opener about the Zimmerman case –– a 'must–read' for every intelligent American." —Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author

"With the mind of a lawyer and the eye of a journalist, Bloom achieves a remarkable double success: meticulously examining the evidence in this case while also placing the whole Zimmerman saga in a broad historical and cultural context." —Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times bestselling author of The Nine and The Oath

"Lisa Bloom brings her expert legal eye to the lethal cocktail of racial inequality, ludicrously outdated gun laws, and a culture of violence that led to the senseless killing of an unarmed seventeen–year–old boy. Read this book, get angry, and demand change." —Piers Morgan, host of CNN's Piers Morgan Live.

"Riveting and brilliantly done. Suspicion Nation reads like a great courtroom drama and will ignite major re–examination of this iconic case." —Joy–Ann Reid, MSNBC Anchor

"Suspicion Nation gets to the heart of all matters, both legal and racial. Lisa Bloom has given us a riveting analysis of one of the most profoundly disturbing cases of our time. Don't miss this book." —Marcia Clark, New York Times bestselling author and lead prosecutor, California v. OJ Simpson

"This book is a crusading call for change – and a penetrating inventory of our racially divided country. It is a tribute to Bloom's candor that Suspicion Nation will make readers squirm. Her message has the potential to inspire a national dialogue, if we have the courage to read it." —Jami Floyd, Legal Contributor, Al Jazeera America

"We know that somewhere the Trayvon Martin case went awry, but in Suspicion Nation Lisa Bloom shows us how wrong and reveals a lot we don't know about the case. Like a great civil rights lawyer Lisa has fought the good fight and exposed injustice." —Toure, author of Who's Afraid of Post–Blackness

"Bloom pulls no punches in scrutinizing every misstep and missed opportunity of the state prosecution. She also paints a global picture of the controversy surrounding the not–guilty verdict for Zimmerman, in that it was a clear–cut case of blatant racial profiling to just about everybody around the world except the majority of those on jury duty in that Florida courtroom. . . A much–needed factual antidote to the mainstream media coverage of Trayvon Martin's tragic story and the travesty of the George Zimmerman trial." —Kirkus Reviews

"The first half of Bloom's book, in which she dissects the trial itself, is riveting and quick–paced in the manner of all courtroom dramas. She proposes alternative ways of handling key witnesses and invents a far, far better closing argument than the one prosecutors used. By the time Bloom has taken us through her second theme — the violence and destruction that occur when fear and prejudice meet guns and overly broad self–defense laws — it's hard not to despair as it seems certain there will be more Trayvon Martins in a 'culture where guns blaze and our children fall.'" —Boston Globe

"Suspicion Nation is a thorough evisceration of the amateurish job done by the Florida prosecutors who tried Zimmerman... her analysis of the Zimmerman prosecution's many missteps is a compelling one." —The Los Angeles Times

"Bloom creates a fast–paced courtroom drama that's surprisingly gripping considering how well–known the outcome is, while she relentlessly deconstructs the prosecutors' case against Zimmerman. She ultimately presents a devastating portrait of incompetence. Agree or disagree with Bloom's conclusion, readers nevertheless get an education in the fascinating world of criminal justice. . .Suspicion Nation ends with a stark picture of Americans' attitudes about race and makes an impassioned argument for a more open and honest national discussion about racial prejudice." —Orange County Register

"Suspicion Nation is an alarming, somewhat uncomfortable and brutally realistic look at race, stereotypes and violence in the United States." —Shelf Awareness

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Lisa Bloom is an award-winning journalist, trial attorney, and is currently the legal analyst for the Today Show and NBC News. A daily fixture on American television for the last decade, Lisa regularly appears on CNN, HLN, and MSNBC. Bloom is also the author of the bestselling Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules for Raising Boys in an Era of Failing Schools, Mass Joblessness and Thug Culture and Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World. She has been featured on Oprah, Dr. Phil, Nightline, Today, Good Morning America, and thousands of other shows, and she hosted her own show on Court TV for many years. She has written numerous articles for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, the National Law Journal, CNN.com, the Daily Beast, Avvo.com, and many more. She has also been profiled, featured, and quoted in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle, Vanity Fair, New York magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, California Lawyer, Vegetarian Times, and Variety. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her fiance and rescue dogs where she runs her law firm, The Bloom Firm.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 161902327X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Counterpoint; First Edition (February 25, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781619023277
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1619023277
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.28 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.21 x 1.17 x 9.25 inches

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Lisa Bloom is an award-winning journalist, legal analyst, trial attorney, and the daughter of renowned women's rights attorney, Gloria Allred.

A daily fixture on American television for the last decade, Lisa appears regularly on CBS, CNN, HLN and MSNBC shows such as Dr. Phil, Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell, Dr. Drew, Anderson Cooper 360, Politics Nation and The Situation Room. She has been featured on Oprah, Nightline, Today, Good Morning America, Rachael Ray, and many more, and she was a nightly panelist on The Insider throughout 2010. From 2001-2009, Lisa hosted her own daily, live, national show on Court TV, and she has guest-hosted Larry King Live, The Early Show, and Showbiz Tonight.

Lisa has written numerous popular and scholarly articles for the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, the National Law Journal, CNN.com, the Daily Beast, and many more. She has also been profiled, featured, and quoted in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, California Lawyer, Vegetarian Times, and Variety.

Lisa graduated early and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA, where she was national college debate champion, and then from the Yale Law School, where she won the moot court competition. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she runs her law firm, The Bloom Firm. TheWrap.com recently named her one of the top five celebrity attorneys in Los Angeles.

Lisa's first book, the New York Times bestseller Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, was voted one of the top ten best nonfiction books of 2011 by the readers of Goodreads.com. Lisa has spoken to groups all over the world about the decline in American media and education, the negative influence of the beauty industry, the dumbing down of America, and how to reclaim our brains from our anti-intellectual culture.

A passionate vegan and animal rights activist, Lisa is a frequent world traveler. She lives in Los Angeles with her fiance and two rescue dogs.

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Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom sets off a national firestorm in Suspicion Nation.

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014

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Lisa Bloom wrote an amazing book about the State V. Zimmerman Trial. She showed in a powerful narrative how George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvan Martin, pursued the innocent young man, and used the Florida Stand Your Ground Law to get away murder. Zimmerman later said on Sean Hannity that it was the "Will of God"

It can be argued from the facts shown in this book that George Zimmerman created the Neighborhood Watch at the Retreat At Twin Lakes to find those punks that were robbing the houses. All of his 911 calls were made to police with reference to black suspects that he imagined were criminals. His anger got worse over time to the point when he encountered 'Trayvan Martin, a youngster who was walking home to see the All Star Game armed with an Arizona Iced Tea and a bag of Skittles.

The nightmare that Trayvan Martin must have experienced surely could give him the right to use the Stand Your Ground Defense against George Zimmerman. He was considered someone up to no good. Zimmerman even said that these punks always get away.

Lisa Bloom takes us on an excursion into the blunders of the prosecution that paved the way for a not guilty verdict. This book is a must read for anyone interested in making sure this never happens again.

We learn how the prosecution failed to use the evidence that would force George Zimmerman to take the stand. You will see how expert witnesses were given a pass and how a ruling by the judge prevented the key words "racial profiling" from ever being used in the Opening Statement. The defense conveniently used race at the conclusion of the case to smear Trayvan Martin. They put a woman on the stand who was robbed by two blacks. This showed how George Zimmerman could be reasonable in concluding that Trayvan was a potential thief. Why did the prosecution pass up this golden opportunity to show how Zimmerman had a pattern of racial profiling.

It felt to me like this case was being "thrown" by the prosecutors. Lisa Bloom explains why it was more that they never wanted to try it in the first place. Zimmerman was arrested only after a national outcry and the appointment of a Special Prosecutor. A case that was watched by people all over the world became a political football on television with respect to gun rights and race. Even President Barack Obama weighed in by saying "Trayvan Martin could have been me when I was a kid growing up."

This book will make you angry. It might make you want to write your congressman about the Stand Your Ground Law. But it will change the way we look at the justice system and race in America. READ THIS BOOK.

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I ordered this book after I heard Lisa Bloom interviewed on NPR, and I’m urging all my friends to read it. An attorney and television analyst, Bloom covered the trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin, and she believes that prosecutors botched their case—either through incompetence or lack of conviction.

In the first part of the book, she shows how she thinks the case, witness by witness, should have been argued and won. In the second, she analyzes the social forces that shaped the case and will continue to impede social justice until they are addressed. In all this, Bloom is lawyerly and her arguments carefully supported by facts and evidence.

The most moving part of the first half for me were Bloom’s interviews with a juror she calls Maddy, a poor Puerto Rican woman with no knowledge of the courts and a three month-old child at home. She shows how Maddy was confused by attorneys’ questioning and bullied by the other five jurors (all white females). The judge (also a white female) allowed one juror to spend nine hours with her dog, a courtesy denied to Maddy and her baby. The only compassion she received was from the court’s marshalls, and the trial did great harm to her life.

Bloom also shows how the prosecution’s lack of understanding of black urban life and their unwillingness to prepare their best witness, Trayvon’s young female friend, sealed their defeat.

In Part Two, Bloom cites a startling 2011 Boston study that found that “Whites believe that they have replaced blacks as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary America.” Then, she sets out to demonstrate how this notion is profoundly misguided. In example after example, she demonstrates that racism in America goes much wider and deeper than overt bigotry and that most, if not all, of us harbor racial prejudice.

Then she argues that racism, plus our outrageous number of guns (fifty million more guns than automobiles) and new Stand Your Ground legislation make it likely that these crimes will continue until we deal with all three issues and align them with our avowed respect for human life.

My copy is highlighted with too many startling facts and vivid examples to recount here, but Bloom has issued a clarion call to stop the slaughter.

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The author made some good points about the racial problem in the United States ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2014

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This book is a little one sided but worth reading. The author made some good points about the racial problem in the United States and why there seems to be so many black young men acting badly. She opened my eyes to possibilities that the community as a whole creates an atmosphere that promotes failure. There are things that can be changed to help young black teeneagers do better in school and in life. Read it and you may find something worthwhile and thought provoking.

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Gerald Rutledge

Lisa Presents her analysis of the Zimmerman trial clearly and concisely and shows a pattern of inequity in the justice system!

Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2014

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This is a great read. The first part looks at the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. I am a white male who followed this case in depth for 1.5 years and Lisa has raised critical questions about the prosecutions handling of the case and their inability to present key evidence to the jurors!!! I could not agree more with her thoughtful analysis. For some unknown reason this case was handled very badly and the defence attorneys were allowed total unchallenged freedom to demonize the victim (and it is still going on today).

Part two looks at other similar cases and makes a very good argument that there is an element of inequity in the justice system that favors white people. This section is very well organized and concise. It's impossible to read this and not acknowledge that the justice system is not working the same for all Americans. Racism still exists at it's core and all Americans should be saddened that the system is missing the primary goal of equal justice for all.

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Reviewed in Germany on May 5, 2014

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Ich gebe diesem Buch fünf Sterne, weil es sehr facettenreich ist. Es gibt nicht nur einen EInblick in das amerikanische Justizsystem und seinen zum Teil schwerwiegenden Mängeln, sondern betrachtet die Hintergründe des tragischen Falls von Trayvon Martin und deckt die Probleme der amerikanischen Gesellschaft beim Theme Rasse auf UND geht sogar noch auf die Waffengesetzproblematik in den USA ein. Die Autorin schafft es dieses Sachbuch informativ und zugleich bewegend zu schreiben und leistet somit einen Beitrag zu ein bißchen mehr Gerechtigkeit zumindest für Trayvon Martin.

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