And I got interested in the history of the gang, which, it turned out, was founded in Soledad prison by the famous prisoner George Jackson. I did a piece for The New Yorker about three years ago, about this jail in Baltimore that had been taken over by a gang called the Black Guerrilla Family. It was a sort of strange but direct route. You’ve written about all sorts of different things in your career. What drew you to writing about the Patty Hearst case? The interview has been lightly edited for clarity. I spoke with Toobin by phone about Hearst's strange story. In “ American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst,” Toobin has taken a look at not just the mystery of Hearst's conversion from socialite daughter in a famous family to gun-toting political radical, but also what this story really says about the political culture of the 1970s.
Simpson,” released earlier this year.) His latest book is a look at one of the stranger chapters in American history, the kidnapping and radicalization of Patricia Hearst. (The latter book served the inspiration for the FX show “ The People v. Michael and Jeffrey dig into the homegrown terrorism, Fox News, and Biden's age.Author and journalist Jeffrey Toobin has written books on a broad range of topics: the Supreme Court, the Bill Clinton sex scandal and even the O.J. The series went on to bag nine Emmy awards. Simpson, inspired the television series, The People v. His book, The Run of His Life: The People v. As an author, he has written a number of best-selling books including, The Real Story of the Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, and The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court. Simpson murder case, the Kenneth Starr investigation of the Clinton White House, and the trials of Michael Jackson and George Zimmerman. He has written articles on and provided legal analysis for several significant cases including the O. Before joining CNN, he worked for six years as a legal analyst for ABC News. Toobin is the chief legal analyst for CNN Worldwide and a staff writer for the New Yorker. Mea Culpa welcomes one of the most recognized journalists in the country, Jeffrey Toobin.
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