Preface
Faith and justice
1. The credibility crisis
Crime and punishment
2. In defence of the need to punish
3. Conditional justice
4. The injustice of parole
Getting off on technicalities: the rule of law
5. Defining crime
6. Getting off on technicalities
Proving guilt and maintaining innocence
7. The specific allegation
8. Presumed innocent
9. Closing our eyes to find the truth
10. Abandoning the search for the truth
Justifiable homicide
11. Forgiving human weakness
12. Kill or be killed: the law of self-defence
13. Losing control: provocation and excusing the inexcusable
14. The abuse excuse: "psychobabble" and the protection of basic values
15. Disordered minds: insanity, automatism, and intoxication
The role of the victim
16. The sad truth about victims' rights
Conclusion
17. Responding to the credibility crisis
Notes