00825cam a2200193 4500 64416644 TxAuBib 20010604120000.0 010604s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780684814032 068481403X TxAuBib Abramson, Leslie. The Defense is Ready : Life in the trenches of criminal law. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1997. hardback. The Defense Is Ready is about the making of a passionately committed American defense lawyer who believes that everyone accused of a crime, no matter how heinous, is entitled to a vigorous defense of his rights against the overwhelming power of a frequently callous state. 20010604.