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" Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case. "

Joseph Wambaugh

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" The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore. "

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" I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books. "

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" I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases. "

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" When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional. "

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" I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while. "

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" I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again. "

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" The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer. "

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" When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice. "

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" Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are. "

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