PositivePittsburgh Post-GazetteBharara’s book...resonate[s] like some of the most engaging lessons that one might hear in a law school classroom. Bharara meditates on the philosophy of justice, he discusses strategy and the realities of the criminal justice system, but the backbone of Bharara’s writing is his ability to tell a good story. Providing much more than an anthology of compelling true-crime vignettes, however, Bharara uses each tale as a teachable moment. He speaks of successes, of ways to \'get the bad guy\' both effectively and ethically, but he also speaks of failures and sobering miscarriages of justice ... Because the duty to do justice does not end at sentencing, I would have liked to learn his thoughts on the prosecutor’s responsibilities on appeal and in post-conviction litigation—other arenas where even handed justice is more important than winning. Nonetheless, Bharara does an admirable job of providing lawyers and nonlawyers with an insightful insider’s impressions of the criminal justice system, its virtues and its vulnerabilities. This makes Doing Justice an excellent read not only for an aspiring prosecutor, but for anyone with an interest in the meaning of the rule of law.
