"I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB. That's the tired excuse offered up by every defense attorney whenever they're asked how they do what they do-how they pull the wool over jurors' eyes to make sure the repeat offender they're defending walks free. "

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Nancy Grace is a cable news personality, victims' rights advocate and former prosecuting attorney. She hosts a program on CNN Headline News and anchors Court TV's "Closing Arguments."

After the murder of her fiance in 1979, Grace became very interested in the law and enrolled in law school to pursue a career as a prosecuting attorney. Out of law school she held jobs in the Georgia District Attorney's office as a special prosecutor, winning nearly a hundred felony cases and losing none. Although Grace has never lost a felony case, many of her cases have been reviewed for appeal; her professional ethics have also been called into question by higher courts.

Formerly Grace also clerked with a federal court judge and practiced consumer protection law with the Federal Trade Commission. She taught at the Georgia State University School of Law and School of Business.

Grace published her book Objection! -- How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal Justice System in April of 2005. The book became an instant New York Times best-seller.

In March of 2006, the New York Observer suggested that Grace may have embellished the story of her fiance's murder and the trial to make it support her image as a victim and avenger of the wrongs of the judicial system. She told the Observer that she simply has not reflected on the case in years and prefers "not to think about it."

Grace has received several American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Awards for her Nancy Grace Investigates primetime report on Court TV and for "Individual Achievement for Best Program Host."