The late radio broadcaster, Paul Harvey used to have a show entitled "The Rest of the Story". This book easily falls into that category.
I'd heard news reports of the accusations against Prof. Dershowitz related to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Those accusations were carried far & wide by main stream media and the flames were fanned even further by the #MeToo movement. But I've also seen Prof. Dershowitz being interviewed on television where he adamantly denied the charges. His denials have always been very forceful and seemed genuinely sincere. Given the distinct conflict between the charges and denials, my curiosity led me to buy & read his book.
I found Guilt by Accusation to be a very compelling & convincing account of the "rest of the story" that never seemed to make it into the main stream media. And that fact makes the book horrifying. Why horrifying?
First, generally speaking, Prof. Dershowitz's case is a clear example of a disturbing trend in the country where our U.S. Constitution is being turned upside down. Where instead of accusers having to PROVE beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty; suddenly and wrongly, the accused is ASSUMED to be guilty until THEY prove their own innocence.
Specifically the book is horrifying because while Prof. Dershowitz was very publicly accused...the FACT that he has been CLEARED OF THOSE CHARGES IN A COURT OF LAW, has never received wide publication. His book very clearly lays out how he was basically framed by unsavory characters who admittedly lied when making the charges. And how in spite of being cleared, the media in many cases has ignored that fact often even ignoring evidence of his innocence provided to them. Whether or not one buys into the concept of rampant "fake news", this book lays out very clear examples of fake news being intentionally disseminated in disturbing, if not criminal ways. And because of the misinformation campaign an innocent man has continued to be harassed by false charges.
The scary thing about this book is if this kind of miscarriage of justice can happen to someone of wealth and name recognition...someone with the financial & legal resources to fight the charges...one has to wonder as to the devastating impact it would have were the same false charges leveled against an innocent John or Jane Doe. The person would be ruined.
Although the book contains a lot of legal jargon, by necessity, it is easy to read and organized in a way to make clear what happened and why. All Prof. Dershowitz asks of his readers is to give him the same assumption of innocence afforded all of us in the Constitution when they start to read. If readers approach the book with that open mindset, the evidence of his innocence is thoroughly convincing.
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This book deserves it's own film.
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