{"id":477,"date":"2020-07-20T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/07\/20\/the-vanishing-trial\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:37:00","slug":"the-vanishing-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/07\/20\/the-vanishing-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vanishing Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have Netflix? I do, and lately I have been ALL about the courts. I watched Trial by Mediafollowed by How to Fix a Drug Scandal.(Both were excellent and eye-opening.) So, my pump was primed when a publicist asked if I was interested in reading The Vanishing Trial: The Era of Courtroom Performances &#038; the Perils of its Passingby Robert Katzberg.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vanishing-trial-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16227\" \/>At its heart, The Vanishing Trialis about Robert Katzberg&#8217;s life and times as a law student, clerk, federal prosecutor, and ultimately, a defense attorney for those accused of white-collar crimes. However, in telling his story, we learn a lot of the nuts and bolts of being an attorney, particularly a defense attorney. A cast of colorful characters populate The Vanishing Trialbecause we learn that a trial lawyer is not only intelligent, but also a showman. Katzberg&#8217;s recollections reveal the strengths, and flaws, in the federal legal system. It is a fast, fun read.<\/p>\n<p>However, The Vanishing Trialends with a serious discussion on the diminishing of cases going to trial in the United States. Federal sentencing guidelines can create unreasonable sentences due to a formula outside of a judge&#8217;s control. This leads to defense attorneys, regardless of how strong of a case they have, advising their clients to cooperate and\/or accept plea deals for a guaranteed reduced sentence. Pleading guilty can decrease the sentencing as well. While there has been little change on the State level, this is creating a vacuum of defense experience on the Federal level. Overall, the domain of the State courts and Federal courts are two different universes.<\/p>\n<p>Forget legal thrillers, The Vanishing Trialby Robert Katzberg is better version. Just as entertaining, and for better or worse, real.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/mascotbooks.com\/mascot-marketplace\/buy-books\/nonfiction\/bios-and-memoirs\/the-vanishing-trial\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781645432180?aff=MagicalBuffet\">Shop your local indie bookstore<\/a> <---This is an affiliate link to IndieBound, which supports independent bookstores throughout the United States. If you use this link to purchase the book, I will make a small commission at no additional cost to you.<\/p>\n<p>Do you enjoy The Magical Buffet? Considering supporting The Magical Buffet on Patreon! For only $5 a month you&#8217;ll receive monthly tarot\/oracle forecasts, classes, and behind the scenes updates! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/magicalbuffet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/magicalbuffet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget legal thrillers. Take a break from Netflix documentaries. I&#8217;ve got a book for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}