The Criminal Justice Club: A Career Prosecutor Takes on the Media—and More. Walt Lewis. Montrose, CA: Walbar Books, 2008. 423 pp.

After thirty-two years as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County, Walt Lewis traces the crumbling of his “parental and media-influenced liberalism” as his experiences as a prosecutor taught him the “reality” of the criminal justice system. He suggests that due   largely to pervasive liberal bias in the media, such understanding is rare, be-longing primarily to members of “The Criminal Justice Club” that gives the book its title.  [Read more...]