Join us at 7 pm on Monday, May 6th, in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library, as author Charles Schudson presents a FREE presentation about his new book, Independence Corrupted: How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions.
With twenty-two years in America’s courts, Judge Schudson knows the factors affecting judicial decision-making. With scholarship and impassioned accounts of compelling cases, he brings readers behind the trial bench to see judges analyzing actual trials and sentencings – of abortion protesters, sex predators, murderers, white supremacists…. He opens the doors to appellate chambers to hear judges debating life and death, multi-million-dollar damages, and priceless civil rights. Judge Schudson exposes the personal, professional, and political pressures now threatening judicial integrity like never before. Read more…
