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A Crisis of Confidence - The Trial Of Karen Read - cover

A Crisis of Confidence - The Trial Of Karen Read

Estonian Observer

Publisher: Publishdrive

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Summary

A high-profile trial should reassure the public that justice works. Instead, the case of Karen Read shook faith in the system. This book tells the story of how a courtroom turned into a stage, where performance overshadowed truth and theater replaced evidence. At the heart of it is a prosecution that pushed the limits of fairness, and a defense forced to fight back against distortion and pressure. Readers will see how close one woman came to being convicted not by proof, but by suggestion — and why that near miss matters for everyone.
 
Tense, sharp, and unsettling, A Crisis of Confidence is more than one woman’s story. It’s about the fragility of justice when confidence replaces evidence, and what happens when ordinary citizens are asked to stand against the weight of the state.
Available since: 08/16/2025.
Print length: 198 pages.

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