Awards

• Winner of Oregon Book Awards (Creative Nonfiction) 2009

Overview

As an Assistant United States Attorney, John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. In Convictions, Kroger reveals how to flip a perp, how to conduct a cross, how to work an informant, how to placate a hostile judge. Starting from his time as a green recruit and ending at the peak of his career, he steers us through the complexities and ethical dilemmas in the life of a prosecutor, where the battle in the courtroom is only the culmination of long and intricate investigative work.

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Engrossing . . . The best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin's Opening Arguments. --Scott Turow Exhaustive and fair-minded . . . Kroger's assessment of the federal prosecutor's problematic, overly powerful role in the legal system is well rendered and crisply delivered. -- Kirkus Reviews A thoughtful, compulsively readable assessment of the American justice system's struggles with the greatest social evils of our time . . . [Kroger] accomplishes more in a few hundred pages than many professional journalists and legal scholars achieve in a thousand. --Matt Buckingham, Willamette Week I have read dozens of books by and about prosecutors. Kroger's is one of the best. --Steve Weinberg, The Oregonian The extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming-of-age . . . Essential reading. --Terri Jentz, author of Strange Piece of Paradise Kroger wins here as he did in the courtroom--with simplicity and candor, passion and integrity, and a ferocious, persuasive intelligence. --Susan Choi, author of American Woman

John Kroger's Convictions is the best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin's Opening Arguments, It is an engrossing look at how some of the most famous criminal cases of our era were built and won, and probably the frankest discussion ever of the extraordinary ethical dilemmas that go with wielding the government's crushing power over lives. -Scott Turow, author of Limitations Convictions is many things at once, all brilliantly: a mob story, a drug kingpin story, a white-collar corruption story. But at its heart and most profoundly it is the coming-of-age story of a young man who has everything it takes to be great at his job, only to discover this isn't enough to do good in the world. Kroger wins here as he did in the courtroom--with simplicity and candor, passion and integrity, and a ferocious, persuasive intelligence. -Susan Choi, author of American Woman As a former assistant district attorney, I can identify with John Kroger's Convictions. It is straightforward and truthful, and it shows life as it really is in the pit. This searching memoir is suspenseful and enlightening reading for lay people and members of the legal profession alike. -Joe Jamail, author of Lawyer: My Trials and Jubilations <p> Convictions is the extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming of age. John Kroger takes readers by the hand and invites us to boldly face, along with him, the thriving parallel dystopia of the world's most dangerous criminals. Replete with fascinating detail that illuminated for me a maze of law enforcement issues that I'd never grasped before, this book is essential reading for an informed citizenry. --Terri Jentz, author of Strange Piece of Paradise <p> Convictions is a mesmerizing account of federal criminal prosecution from the inside. John Kroger has been there, fighting the good fight against drug dealers, Mafia kingpins, and corporate sleazes. But the good fighter does not always win, and winning sometimes requires compromises along the way. For anyone interested in true crime and criminal justice, this is a must read. --Peter Charles Hoffer, author of The Supreme Court: An Essential History and Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia

<p>&#8220;Engrossing . . . The best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin&#8217;s Opening Arguments .&#8221; &#8212;Scott Turow <br>&#8220;Exhaustive and fair-minded . . . Kroger&#8217;s assessment of the federal prosecutor&#8217;s problematic, overly powerful role in the legal system is well rendered and crisply delivered.&#8221; &#8212; Kirkus Reviews<br> <br>&#8220;A thoughtful, compulsively readable assessment of the American justice system&#8217;s struggles with the greatest social evils of our time . . . [Kroger] accomplishes more in a few hundred pages than many professional journalists and legal scholars achieve in a thousand.&#8221; &#8212;Matt Buckingham, Willamette Week <br> &#8220;I have read dozens of books by and about prosecutors. Kroger&#8217;s is one of the best.&#8221; &#8212;Steve Weinberg, The Oregonian <br> &#8220;The extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor&#8217;s coming-of-age . . . Essential reading.&#8221; &#8212;Terri Jentz,

<p> Engrossing . . . The best book about being a federal prosecutor since Jeffrey Toobin's Opening Arguments. --Scott Turow <br> Exhaustive and fair-minded . . . Kroger's assessment of the federal prosecutor's problematic, overly powerful role in the legal system is well rendered and crisply delivered. -- Kirkus Reviews<br> <br> A thoughtful, compulsively readable assessment of the American justice system's struggles with the greatest social evils of our time . . . [Kroger] accomplishes more in a few hundred pages than many professional journalists and legal scholars achieve in a thousand. --Matt Buckingham, Willamette Week <br> I have read dozens of books by and about prosecutors. Kroger's is one of the best. --Steve Weinberg, The Oregonian <br> The extraordinarily intimate account of a prosecutor's coming-of-age . . . Essential reading. --Terri Jentz, author of Strange Piece of Paradise <br> Kroger wins here as he did in the courtroom--with simplicity and c

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John Kroger is the Attorney General of Oregon. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, he previously served as a United States Marine, federal prosecutor, and law professor.

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