There may be nothing more macho than a mob trial: Recall Rudolph Giuliani and John Gotti, or Eliot Ness and Al Capone. Then there’s the “Goodfellas” case going on in Brooklyn, New York, against accused Bonanno crime family captain Vinny Asaro. His lawyers are women, the prosecutors are women and the judge is a woman. Asaro in Court. Source: Elizabeth Williams via AP Photos Source: Elizabeth Williams via AP Photos Women comprise almost half of the students at top law schools and more than a third of the attorneys in the U.S. Yet their ranks remain especially thin in criminal defense, making the Asaro trial both an anomaly and another sign of progress for female lawyers. Men are almost four...
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