“The book, Uneven Justice, makes a persuasive case that this prosecution served to cover up the embarrassment of the Obama DOJ's malfeasance and advance the ambitious Bharara's career. But its most important point is that the entire justice system is rigged against defendants.
Obviously, few people are going to sympathize with a billionaire hedge fund manager. But that's the point. That's not the book's goal. His case is done. The book is a genuine, serious, in-depth study of all the ways federal prosecutors have unchecked power to destroy people.
Federal prosecutors routinely threaten people's families, conceal exculpatory evidence, exploit the fact that almost anything is a crime, and in general have rigged the system to make acquittal almost impossible. If it takes Rajaratnam to help expose that, this book is welcomed.” [10]
Financial and legal commentators also framed Uneven Justice within the broader political and regulatory climate that followed the 2008 financial crisis. In a 2021 Forbes column, contributor John Tamny argued that heightened public anger toward Wall Street after the crisis created pressure for high-profile prosecutions of financial executives, and that Rajaratnam’s case became a symbolic example of this environment. Financial media likewise noted that the Galleon investigation and Rajaratnam’s prosecution occurred during a wider post-crisis crackdown on hedge funds and Wall Street by U.S. authorities. [11] [12]
