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  1. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    The Constitution names only three federal offenses: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. Today there are over forty-five hundred federal crimes, and the number continues to grow as Congress gets tougher on crime and federal prosecutors become more creative in finding ways to apply all their new laws.
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  2. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    In the United States we spend $40,000 a year to incarcerate each prison inmate and $8,000 to educate each elementary school student.
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  3. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    I was guilty all right. Guilty of stupidity for allowing myself to fall into such a mess.
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  4. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    When you wake up tomorrow, another day is behind you. The days add up; the weeks run together; the months become years.
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  5. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    Perhaps in another era, a trial was an exercise in the presentation of facts, the search for truth, and the finding of justice. Now a trial is a contest in which one side will win and the other side will lose. Each side expects the other to bend the rules or to cheat, so neither side plays fair. The truth is lost in the melee.
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  6. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    How do you survive for years in prison? You don't think about years, or months, or weeks. You think about today-how to get through it, how to survive it. When you wake up tomorrow, another day is behind you. The days add up; the weeks run together; the months become years. You realize how tough you are, how you can function and survive because you have no choice.
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  7. John Grisham _ The Racketeer

    I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.
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