{"product_id":"my-life-in-crime-john-mckechnie-9781763733152","title":"My Life in Crime: a tapestry of cases","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"After a year in practice, I received a brief to defend a youth accused, with his friend, of manslaughter. There are times when a chance event changes the course of one's life. This was my event. Although unaware at the time, I was about to embark on a life of crime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a career spanning five decades, barrister, prosecutor, judge and corruption commissioner John McKechnie AO KC has seen up close how the law touches the lives of us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging and entertaining memoir, McKechnie takes readers on a tour of his distinguished career, and explores the criminal cases, big and small, that have stayed with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcKechnie also includes his compilation of bite-sized 'quirky cases', historical excursions into moments of legal and personal interest - all written with humour and, above all, great humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McKechnie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1763733157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763733152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Upswell Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.80d","brand":"John McKechnie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47040121241855,"sku":"9781763733152","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b42a8572-859a-4cb4-8219-7e26931f7419.jpg?v=1752753622","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-life-in-crime-john-mckechnie-9781763733152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}