Law and Justice In Everyday Life by Andy Thibault of TNT Publishing

Law And Justice In Everyday Life features tales about ordinary citizens as they encounter the justice system, with an introduction by the historian, Howard Zinn.

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The 254-page book begins with an examination of the cover-up of a hit-and-run death in New London, Ct., followed by unsolved murders in Stamford and Darien in which police know the prime suspects. A prediction on the performance of Michael Skakel in the Martha Moxley murder trial highlights another chapter.

A chapter entitled "The Politics Of Justice" features columns from Law Tribune Newspapers that led the state Judicial Department to cancel its subscriptions to the Connecticut Law Tribune. These headlines include: Free The Oppressed, Exploited Judges, All Rise For Judge Bobby Knight and The Bench Protection Association.

Government misconduct in Boston, Washington, Oklahoma is examined throughout the book's 12 chapters. A chapter on Civil Rights And Freedom Of Speech recounts the heroic struggles of librarians, students, gay parents and whistleblowers as they aspire to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Honest and talented police officers and prosecutors tell their stories in chapters entitled On The Job, For The People and Cops And Perps.

"Those who think they know the law will be enlightened; those who care about social justice will be outraged; and those who care about a good read will be thrilled." said Christine Palm, Editor of Readings at the Connecticut Center for the Book in Hartford. "Thibault is one part Thurgood Marshall, one part H.L. Mencken, and one part Raymond Chandler."

Thibault is a columnist for Law Tribune Newspapers and co-author of several business books. He teaches courses in journalism at the University of Hartford and communications at IMPAC University in Punta Gorda, Fla.

Thibault also serves as a member of the Board of Education in Litchfield, Ct., as a Fellow of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies, and as a member of the Advisory Board for Western Connecticut State University at Waterbury. He manages a non-profit foundation that awards $19,000 annually to young writers in Connecticut, and is President-Elect of the Litchfield-Morris Rotary.

Law And Justice
In Everyday Life
Andy Thibault
Introduction By Howard Zinn

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254 pp / 6X9 / Softcover
ISBN: 0-9626001-5-6

"Andy Thibault shines a bright light in dark places. There is a reason Connecticut's Judicial Department refuses to pay for subscriptions to the newspaper carrying his column. It's called cowardice. Buy this book, and send a copy to the next judge you meet who thinks his robe is an invincible shield. `Law and Justice in Everyday Life' is a useful reminder that, in the end, every case is really a simple human story."
—Atty. Norm Pattis, New Haven, Ct.

"If Andy Thibault worked and wrote in any number of countries around the globe, he'd be in jail, tortured and maybe even dead. Absolute authority always leads to abuse. Andy has championed the right of the journalist to puncture the pompous pussbag of absolute judicial power."
—Dr. James B. Irwin, Sr., Chairman, IMPAC University, Punta Gorda, Fla.

"While others are out chasing big bucks or building empires, Andy Thibault is defining self-abnegation by uncovering injustice and mendacity and especially the distinctive bubble-headedness of officialdom. Let us be grateful for this book."
—Anthony Dolan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his expose of police corruption in Stamford, Ct. and former Chief Speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan; Special Adviser to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

"Andy Thibault writes in the grand tradition of H.L. Mencken and Mike Royko. Thibault knows the judicial system and knows politics from the inside and out. He doesn't shoot from the hip. He's a careful reporter who checks his facts. He is a literate, erudite observer who writes with authority and punch. There is a yearning for, a demand for justice in the way he puts words together. A Renaissance man as comfortable at a boxing match as at a poetry reading, Thibault keeps and holds a sense of optimism even as he scolds legions of movers and shakers who have strayed beyond the bounds of civilized life in the midst of civilized New England."
—James H. Smith, Executive Editor, Record-Journal, Meriden, Ct.

"Andy Thibault's columns demonstrate why we need a Fourth Estate. You will find suffering victims, incompetent justices, criminals protected, and just about everything else in the dark underbelly of New England. I will urge my journalism students to read it carefully."
—Roger Desmond, Ph.D., Director, School of Communication, University of
Hartford.

"I read Andy for information, for the compelling human dramas he uncovers and for my pleasure in his use of the English language. But I also read him for a more selfish reason: In reading Andy's columns I am reminded that there is one thing more important than compromise and diplomacy -- and that is exercising our freedom of speech in the service of those who have been rendered impotent by power politics. Just one Andy Thibault in the
world is enough to show us not only what is possible, but also what is necessary for us to truly become the land of the free, and the home of the brave."
—Randy Roark, Poet, Boulder, Colorado

"As a newspaperman for the past 35 years I have witnessed the ever-diminishing role of blunt, straight-talking journalism. At any gathering of publishers, the common lament is the mystery of declining readership, especially among the young. But if more publishers invested in columnists and reporters like Andy Thibault, I am confident they would watch readership and paid circulation climb instead of decline."
—Michael Bradley, Publishers Consultant, Cape Cod, Mass.