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Anatomy of a Trial

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Wisconsin Writer Chronicled Her O.J. Simpson Trial Role

The media has entered the year of Simpson Revisited with the upcoming 20th anniversary of the murders of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman (June 12). Articles about the crimes and case that arose from it — The People vs. Orenthal James Simpson — have been popping up with more frequency for the past week or two. A Q&A Hartford Books Examiner’s John Valeri had with me about my role with the court and my book, Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson, was posted on his Examiner website today. Here is John’s lead-in on his Facebook Page and a link to his article. (Sorry for the pop-ups. Just click the x to get rid of them):

“Today, I’m in conversation with Jerrianne Hayslett, who was the media liaison for the Los Angeles Superior Court during the O.J. Simpson trial.”  http://www.examiner.com/article/the-simpson-trial-revisited-jerrianne-hayslett-on-anatomy-of-a-trial-q-a

Anatomy of a Trial was a Council for Wisconsin Writers 2008 Kingery/Derleth Book-Length Nonfiction honorable mention. As a member of the CWW board of directors, my bio, along with those of the entire board is on the CWW website at www.wiswriters/contacts.

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A Rousing Review

This post is about a little news of the blogger’s own.

A New York County Lawyers’ Association review of my book Anatomy of a Trial  which received a CWW honorable mention for book length non-fiction in 2009, pretty much blew me away.

The reviewer, Laura Hogan, is a NYCLA Appellate Courts and Law and Literature Committee Member and the Principal Law Clerk to an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department.

Her review covers a lot of territory, but the last paragraph is about the highest compliment an author could hope for:

“Hayslett’s narrative voice is strong, assuring that readers’ attention doesn’t flag throughout. Although she isn’t afraid to be opinionated about the events surrounding the trial and about the players that assured it would become a notable event in the history of the United States justice system, Hayslett’s book nonetheless presents an evenhanded view not only of the Simpson trial, but of the policy arguments both for and against cameras in the courtroom.”

The review is at http://nycla.informz.net/admin31/content/template.asp?sid=32565&ptid=665&brandid=3317&uid=777201456&mi=2626984&ps=32565.

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Wisconsin Author Interview to Air on Public Radio

Jerrianne Hayslett’s interview about Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson and the 1995 Simpson trial with Prof. Teresa Keller, Chair of Emory & Henry College Dept. of Mass Communications and General Manager of public radio station WEHC-FM 90.7 in southwest Virginia will air on Keller’s program “This Conversation” on WEHC-FM  at 6 p.m. tomorrow, June 26, and again on Sunday, June 30, at 2 p.m.  To listen to it streamed live, go to http://www.wehc.edu and click on “Listen Live”. The program will also be archived for later listening.

Keller covered a lot of territory for this half-hour program, including what it was like to deal with the more than 1,300 credentialed news media during the run-up to and throughout the trial, some “gossipy” anecdotes recounted in the book, where the circus aspects portrayed by the news media on air and in print actually occurred, cameras in the courtroom and the biggest mistakes trial judge, Lance Ito, made.

More about Anatomy of a Trial is at www.anatomyofatrial.com. More about Jerrianne and her work with the courts and the media is at www.jerriannehayslett.com.

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Book, Author Featured on Publisher's Blog

The University of Missouri Press, which published Jerrianne Hayslett’s book, “Anatomy of a Trial,” featured it on its blog today — interestingly, the 19th anniversary of O.J. Simpson’s white Bronco slow-speed chase. Here’s the link.  http://umissouripress.blogspot.com/2013/06/author-spotlight-jerrieanne-hayslett.html  You can also check out Jerrianne’s websites, http://anatomyofatrial.com and http://jerriannehayslett.com.