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Joseph Wambaugh, a trailblazing American writer, revolutionized the police procedural genre with his gritty realism and insider's perspective. Through his evocative storytelling and nuanced characterizations, he shed light on the complexities of law enforcement and human nature, earning acclaim for his authentic portrayal of life on the front lines of crime and justice.
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"I hadn't done anything in six years; I was just vegetating."

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"I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases."

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"What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it."

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"I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while."

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"When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional."

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"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."

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"No one I know of has ever had this experience-where you had to sit and wait and wait for a DNA test to come back just so you can write the last page of the book."

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"I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again."

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"Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case."

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"The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore."

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"The time has come for professional jurors."

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"The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to."

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"You've got people who are looking at DNA evidence and other evidence like that and they're ignoring it."

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"If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that."

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"Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are."

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"The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer."

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"I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books."

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"As a cop, I dealt with every kind of bum and criminal. They all have more integrity than some Hollywood people."

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"Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued."

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"What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell it down the river."

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