— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapplethis failure of prosecutorial backbone took place during an epic crime wave. On the street, the incidence of crime had been falling almost everywhere. But in America’s boardrooms, it was a different story. It was a very bad time for prosecutors to suddenly become afraid of the courtroom.
Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 38)