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COVER STORY
Law & Order
Kurt Andersen and the author Scott Turow explore the
books, movies, and architecture inspired by the law.
  TV
& The Law
Most of us know the inside of a courtroom not through
experience but through reading novels, or watching movies and television.
Jacquie Gales Webb tracks the evolution of TV law--and finds out how realistic
our fictional courts have become.
Go to the Perry Mason page at the Museum of Broadcasting
Communicationse
Go to NBC's page on Law & Order
Go to Bob Jarvis's Prime Time Law at Carolina Academic
Press
 Courthouse
Design
Many Federal court buildings have become showpieces
of contemporary architecture. But at the municipal level, courts remain
mostly humble or strangely designed buildings. Studio 360's Michele Siegel
found an example of the worst and of the best in local law buildings.
Go to Pei Cobb Freed's page on the Queens Family Courthouse
Go to a Metropolis magazine article about federal
courthouse design
Go to the website for Mitchell/Giurgola
 The
Exonerated
The former Attorney General Janet Reno said that the
Exonerated will do more to promote justice than any literary effort she
knows. It's a play that features the real life stories of people who were
arrested, tried, and committed to death row for years--before having their
sentence overturned. Trey Kay tells the story of how the Exonerated came
to the stage, and where it's going now.
Go to 45 Bleecker's page on The Exonerated
Go to the Center on Wrongful Convictions
 Police
Sketch
Stephen Mancusi has been a police forensic artist
for 20 years. Mancusi has to conjure up the face of the suspect, often
from the memories of a crime victim who is uncertain in what he or she
saw. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go to Stephen Mancusi's website
SPECIAL GUEST
Scott Turow
In 1987 Scott Turow launched the rebirth of the legal
thriller with his first novel, Presumed Innocent. He's since written five
more bestsellers including Reversible Errors. His most recent book is
Ultimate Punishment : A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death
Penalty. Throughout his writing career he has continued to practice law
in Chicago, the town where he grew up.
Go to Scott Turow's official website
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