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Connections by Judge is a series of stories and essays that trace the history of one of the most notorious lawyers in American history, Joseph Ginsberg. Ginsberg became a famous legal practitioner in the 1920s, representing a number of clients who were accused of committing offences without actually performing any of the acts themselves. In the first case that he handled, he was able to successfully defend a man who had been accused of murdering his whole family.

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He then decided to focus on Capital Punishment, arguing that life imprisonment was cruel and in violation of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights. He represented more people that would eventually become infamous including the OJ Simpson case. There are plenty of similarities between Ginsberg's early legal work and the later work done by Simpson in his famous case. The key difference was that Ginsberg did not let his personal emotions affect his work. The cases that he tried in the later years were those that he genuinely believed in, something that Simpson has never managed to do. The result was that he was stripped of his practise.

Connections by Judge is a refreshing look into an era when legal representation was still king and Ginsberg saw his profession as a call to action. Though he failed in many cases, he was spectacularly successful in securing the rights for those that he believed were wrongfully prosecuted. One case in particular stands out as a clear example of how refusing to believe in a client's innocence can have disastrous consequences. Ginsberg showed that sometimes it doesn't pay to argue with a client, even if they are guilty.