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Step into the shoes of criminal barrister William Clegg as he meets clients in prison, works out weaknesses in the other side case, and confronts witnesses at tense trials. In a revealing memoir, he revisits 14 of his most intriguing briefs, from the murder charge facing Colin Stagg to the shooting of Jill Dando, to the first prosecution under the Nazi war crimes act, and the burglar jailed for life by an earprint.

In this memoir, murder case lawyer William Clegg revisits his most intriguing trials, from the acquittal of Colin Stagg to the shooting of Jill Dando, to the man given life because of an earprint. All the while he lays bare the secrets of his profession, from the rivalry among barristers to the nervous moments before a verdict comes back, and how our right to a fair trial is now at risk.