The new book “American Justice: From the Frontlines of the War of Crime” by Matthew D. Moyer, a former Chicago-based state and federal prosecutor, offers an astonishing insider’s view to a judicial environment where dysfunction is commonplace and public safety is often treated like an afterthought.
Some sections of the book are so intense in the description of violent crimes that sensitive readers could easily be disturbed long after absorbing the passages. Other sections on miscarriages of justice are so illogical that Moyer’s sentences need to be reread to confirm the bizarre actions that prevail.
