The Lasting Harm - Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of the century. In November 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex-trafficking of minors, and now faces 55 years in prison for the role she played in Jeffrey Epstein''s abuse of four girls. The trial was meticulously covered by journalist and legal reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley, one of only four reporters allowed into the courtroom every day. Witness: The Trial of the Century is her account of that trial, a gripping true crime drama and a blistering critique of a criminal justice system ill-equipped to deliver justice for abuse survivors, no matter the outcome. Centring the stories of four women and their testimonies, and supplemented by extra material to which Osborne-Crowley has exclusive access, Witness brings this incendiary trial to life, questions our age-old appetite for crime and punishment and offers a new blueprint for meaningful reparative justice.

Product details

• Authors: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9780008591199
• ISBN: 978-0-00-859119-9
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, TRUE CRIME / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, LAW / Gender & the Law, Sexual abuse & harassment, Reportage & collected journalism, Feminism & feminist theory, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Sexual abuse and harassment, Feminism and feminist theory, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Criminal Procedure: Law Of Evidence, Criminal law: Gender violence, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Offences against the person, Victimology and victims of crime