Since 1974, Selwyn Raab has been a reporter for "The New York Times" and has won dozens of awards for his coverage of the Mafia. He's appeared countless times on both local and national news shows and in documentaries about the Mafia for the History Channel and A&E. More than a newsman he is also something of a crusader, having played an important role in exposing fabricated testimony surrounding the conviction of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Raab is also the author of "Justice in the Back Room" which was the basis for the legendary "Kojak" television series and the very successful "Mob Lawyer, " which shed new light on who killed Jimmy Hoffa and JFK.
"A classic piece of reporting by a man who knows the bloody,
brutal, corrupt territory."
--Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes
"In my more than fifty years as a reporter, there is no journalist
who I've respected more than Selwyn Raab at The New York Times in
covering New York's criminal justice system. He was tireless and
painstaking in investigating the investigators, sometimes helping
to prove innocence, but equally fair and conscientious in cases
that ended in conviction. His riveting book will be I'm sure the
definitive history of the Mafia in New York for a long time to
come. It is a model of what journalism can be." --NAT HENTOFF
"After an eight-decade run in which its executives built the most
powerful criminal organization in U.S. history, the American Mafia
began to unravel at the end of the 20th century. It did so in a
convulsion of blood and treachery, fueled by out-of-control egos.
Selwyn Raab was there, in the streets, the precinct houses, and the
courtrooms to record that story. No one does it better. " --TOM
ROBBINS, Reporter, Village Voice
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