Just surfing the web the other day, I came across a most excellent book written by Occupy HLN follower Mark Geragos and Pat Harris, called “Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works…and Sometimes Doesn’t“. There are many wonderful excerpts from this book highlighted on our Facebook page. This particular excerpt breaks down the history of infamous sociopath Nancy Grace and her checkered past as a prosecutor and active player in the prison lobby. It’s a truly amazing read, and the excerpt shown in this post gives you a sneak peak not only into this book, but into the mind of a truly demented individual.
An excerpt from “Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works…and Sometimes Doesn’t”:
“Every circus has to have a clown, which brings us to Nancy Grace. The undisputed breakout star of the angry blond white women, Grace was once a Georgia prosecutor known for being tough and for committing multiple acts of prosecutorial misconduct. “Prosecutorial misconduct” is legalese for saying she lied and cheated. In fact, appellate courts in Georgia found that she had committed prosecutorial misconduct three separate times in a nine-year career. To put that in perspective, in our experience, most prosecutors, in a twenty – or thirty-year career, will not be admonished even once for prosecutorial misconduct. It is a very harsh— and rare— finding by a cTV.
She began her broadcast career there in the late nineties, before getting her own show on HLN in 2005. From this perch she offers running commentary on the cases of the day— usually ones that involve an innocent young woman as the victim. Grace’s success is having a demonstrable effect on young prosecutors who see that she is famous for her snit fits. Professor Jonathan Turley described it perfectly in an article for his blog when he said, “The Grace effect is not lost on aspiring young prosecutors who struggle to outdo one another as camera-ready, take-no-prisoners avengers of justice.”
The system has always functioned best when each side has a respect for the other’s job. A lot of the young prosecutors we now see every day in court, however, believe that their role is to treat the defense with the same disdain and sarcasm they see coming from Grace and to refuse to even look at any other side to the story.”
In the next section of the book, the authors, Mark Geragos and Pat Harris, provide some scintillating insight into thesociopathic mind of Nancy Grace, who refuses to admit fault or accept guilt under any and all circumstances:
“Refusing to admit she is wrong is also part of Grace’s shtick. Even in the face of irrefutable evidence she will not admit that she is wrong. At various times she has preached the guilt of, among others, Gary Condit, JonBenét Ramsey’s parents, Richard Ricci (in the Elizabeth Smart case), and the Duke University lacrosse team, all of whom were later shown to be innocent.
When confronted with her prior statements assuring her audience these people were guilty, she usually hides behind the notion that the police are the ones investigating these people; she is simply reporting on their investigation, so if you are criticizing her, you are really criticizing our brave men and women in uniform. Or when she is not hiding behind the police, she just doesn’t show up for work. The night the D.A. dismissed the charges against the Duke lacrosse team, whom she had viciously attacked on a nightly basis, she was a no-show for her own broadcast.”
The authors finish with the ironic and twisted logic of this sociopath, basically intimating that the pot calls the kettle black quite often:
“The irony is that she repeatedly skewers criminal defendants for not taking “personal responsibility” if they offer an excuse for their behavior. Yet she offers up more excuses than anyone and refuses to make any attempt at taking personal responsibility when she is dead wrong. Ultimately, though, she is an entertainer, not a prosecutor. (Many of the prosecutors we speak to despise her and hate that she puts herself out there as the voice of the prosecution.).
In the end, we give her kudos for creating a character with an appeal to a large segment of the population. But that is what she is— a character. She is playing a role, even if some believe she is a real person. The people really responsible are the networks and the shows that continue to give her a forum. They are not deaf and blind— and they certainly are aware that she has repeatedly accused innocent people of committing crimes. In many countries, you are stoned for falsely accusing someone of a crime. At the very least you are charged with a crime yourself and thrown in jail. Here, you get your own TV show. Only in America.”
In summation, we hope this gives you a good idea the next time you turn on HLN. A sociopath is a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience. Remember, all HLN anchors are disciples of this sociopath, Nancy Grace. Thanks to Mark Geragos and Pat Harris, “Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works…and Sometimes Doesn’t” gives us a sneak peek into just how demented and deranged this individual and her HLN cohorts truly are.
And when it comes down to it? If you don’t believe Mark Geragos and Pat Harris, or if you don’t believe me, Jon Stewart exposes Nancy like only he can: In her OWN words.
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