LIES...the biggest EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798235883529)

Set against the tragic and never prosecuted deaths of Boston firefighters, the Boston Globe's Spotlight team follows a tip from an 'April Fool' that uncovers the corruption of the courts in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States. The team -- baby boomers and true believers -- are forced to confront the reality of what has happened to America and the legal system since Ronald Reagan's 1980 promise 'Let's Make America Great Again.'

PRAISE OF LIES

In a time when our democracy is being devastated by a steady storm of lies and propaganda coming from the top, I.N. Hale's novel LIES, rings an urgent bell. His story charts the quest of passionate attorneys who refuse to accept the sinister corruption of the American justice system. We follow their journey as they work to unveil the truth about the cover up of the 1972 Vendome fire in Boston and the intersecting case of a powerful family's sinister manipulation of probate in the wake of their daughter's death with the pending consequence of destroying her husband and his relationship with his daughter. Lies interrogates a fundamental issue: if our society is not grounded in the rule of law with ethical commitments, how can our democracy hope to sustain itself.

Peter Balakian, author of Pulitzer Prize winning Ozone Journal

About the Author

Ian Nathan Hale is a son of The Greatest Generation. He was born into the social progress of the New Deal, and came of age in the post-war economic boom that moved his and many other families from poverty to the middle class. Education and unions paved the way. As a young man he believed "all men are created equal" and "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were achievable goals. Beginning in the 1980s, Ian saw a cultural shift. Greed became good and EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW became prohibitively expensive. The 18th century Nathan Hale famously said: "I regret I have but one life to give for my country." Today Ian Nathan Hale bemoans: "My country has no life to give to me."