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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I was disappointed that the book didn't deal with the issues around ...By billfernWell written book. It describes the issues with the Canadian justice system and draws a lot of focus on the judge selection process. A lot was written about the Bernardo Holmolka trials and the outcome. Maybe too much. But maybe needed. I was disappointed that the book didn't deal with the issues around the disappearance of women in Canada and some of the Supreme Court decisions versus the Harper McKay government repression of women in the lower classes of society. Maybe a future subject0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Garry L. WeimerInteresting.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. a good read.By Thomas LeadstonQuite detailed and thorough...... a good read.

A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial systemmdash;and especially its judgesmdash;in this national bestseller.When Christie Blatchford wandered into a courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover as a newspaper reporter, little did she know she was also at the start of a self-imposed life sentence.She has been reporting from Canadian courtrooms for the , and the ever since. Back in '78, she loved the courts, lawyers and judges, and that persisted for many years. But slowly, surely, she suffered a loss of faith. What happened? It was at the recent Mike Duffy trial she had the epiphany: That judges are the new senators, unelected, unaccountable and overly entitled. Yet unlike senators, they continue to get away with it because any questioning by government or its agents is deemed an intrusion onto judicial independence.In her explosive new book, Christie Blatchford revisits trials from throughout her career and asks the hard questions--about judges playing with the truth--through editing of criminal records, whitewashing of criminal records, pre-trial rulings that kick out evidence the jury can't hear. She discusses bad or troubled judges--how and why they get picked, and what can be done about them. And shows how judges are handmaidens to the state, as in the Bernardo trial when a small-town lawyer and an intellectual writer were pursued with more vigor than .For anyone interested in the political and judicial fabric of this country, Life Sentence is a remarkable, argumentative, insightful and hugely important book.

National BestsellerFinalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingShortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Crime Writing"Every component of the Canadian justice factory gets its turn as an object of Blatchford's ire." mdash;Maclean's"In her remarkable new book,nbsp;Life Sentence, Christie Blatchford describes the Canadian judiciary as 'unelected, unaccountable, entitled, expensive to maintain and remarkably smug.'nbsp;.nbsp;.nbsp;. I wish I could disagree with Ms. Blatchford. But I can't."nbsp;mdash;Alice Woolley, University of Calgary law professor and president of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethicsnbsp;"There's a lot of meaty stuff about the Canadian criminal justice system in Blatchford's latest. Better yet, the meat comes wrapped in some crisp storytelling."nbsp;mdash;Winnipeg Free PressPraise for Fifteen Days:nbsp;bull; "This book will open your eyes to this brutal war and it is worthy of our brave young men and women. It is a tough book written by a tough broad who tells it like it is. I could not put the book down." --Don Cherrynbsp;bull; "Christie is the most honest journalist I know. And Fifteen Days . . . resonates with truth. . . . The framework of this book might be 'Fifteen Days' . . . yet the exposition is more sweeping, infused with context, texture and candour." --Rosie DiManno, Toronto Starnbsp;bull; "Blatchford has a remarkable ability to convey the intensity of the emotions experienced by soldiers and their families. Do not expect to remain dry-eyed after reading this book." --Calgary Heraldnbsp;bull; "[Fifteen Days] goes deep, and it goes personal. It tells the stories behind the stories. . . . For those who died wearing Canada's uniform, [Blatchford] gives them a life that no newspaper has the length and space to describe, and no television documentary can convey in an hour's time slot." --The London Free Pressnbsp;bull; "A vivid and heroic portrayal of death in Afghantistan. . . . Fifteen Days is a good start to understanding the Canadian men and women who are fighting in Afghanistan." --The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax)About the AuthorCHRISTIE BLATCHFORD was born in . She has written for all four Toronto-based newspapers. She has won a National Newspaper Award for column writing, and in 2008 won the Governor General's Literary Award in non-fiction for her booknbsp;Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army. Blatchford is also the author ofnbsp;Helpless: Caledoniarsquo;s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed All of Us.nbsp;She lives in Toronto.

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