Reddit reviews Understanding Criminal Law, 6th Edition
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Get the Dressler supplement ASAP
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Criminal-Law-Joshua-Dressler/dp/0769848931
Supplements aren't essential, but they can be one of many tools you use. I rely heavily on supplements and have done very well in law school. Here are the one's I used for those courses:
Civil Procedure: The Glannon Guide and the E&E (also by Glannon).
Criminal Law: Understanding Criminal Law by Dressler.
Property: Understanding Property by Sprankling and Siegel's Property.
No, a not guilty verdict is not the same as "innocent," but you are claiming that she is "guilty as fuck," and you are disregarding the evidence that she was not the killer as being inconsequential because it doesn't support your conclusion.
I have a book recommendation for you (and unlike yours, it is not a condescending asshole recommendation): http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Criminal-Law-6th-Edition/dp/0769848931
It is one of the best criminal law supplements on the market, and it is very easy to understand, even for non-lawyers.
I liked the "Understanding" series. Here's the criminal version.
I totally concur with OP, supplements are supplements, not replacements. Read the case book, then read the relevant chapter from the supplement to ensure you got everything you were supposed to get out of it. Once you are getting everything out of the casebook in the first pass, you can discard supplements entirely if you like.
Best supplements, in my opinion:
You can quibble on some, but any law student worth his salt will recognize Dressler on crim and Chemerinsky on con law as the best. Freer on Civ Pro is very well recognized as well. I like the Understanding series for contracts and property because they are still succinct yet more in-depth than the E&E's. I like the E&E for torts because the Understanding book for that class isn't especially good.
If you don't like any of the above, the respective E&E would be my second choice.