A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance, incompetence, and duplicity prevalent in the U.S. military—from the inside perspective of a West Point professor of law.Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America's collective identity. In twenty years at West Point, whistleblower Tim Bakken has come to understand how unquestioned faith isolat...

Proposes groundbreaking, fundamental reform for the adversarial legal system to keep innocent people from going to prisonWe rely on the adversarial legal system to hold offenders accountable, ensure everyone is playing by the same rules, and keep our streets safe. Unfortunately, a grave condition lingers under the surface: at all times the imprisonment of possibly tens of thousands of innocent people.The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental refor...

The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth.While almost all the participants within the system hope that only guilty people will be convicted, the unfortunate reality is that innocent people are c...

Bloomsbury presents The Cost of Loyalty by Tim Bakken, read by Lance C Fuller.A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance, incompetence, and duplicity prevalent in the U.S. military—from the inside perspective of a West Point professor of law.Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America’s collective identity. In twenty years at West Point, whistleblower Tim Bakken has come ...