Jurisdiction Terminated: A Legal Mystery

An original crime novel involving the juvenile justice delinquency system from a true insider's viewpoint. The private thoughts of an experienced juvenile court judge are revealed, as they take the reader on a journey never before traveled in any written novel, the various participants are exposed, and you'll witness what occurs in actual juvenile court proceedings that are closed to public scrutiny. When the Head of a major Los Angeles County official dies from a methamphetamine overdose, the curiosity of the judge lures him deeper into the maze of intrigue only to discover an insidious North Korean drug cartel's plot to distribute drugs to the young troubled children confined in probation camps and juvenile halls. Along the way the judge and his deputy district attorney, with the help of a tech savvy DEA agent, kidnap and torture a Korean gang member, spy on the cartel, and ultimately discover betrayal at the highest level of our justice system. You're sure to find this book action-packed, eye-opening, thought-provoking, well-written and an enjoyable read while you enter into an arena, juvenile justice, rarely explored in fiction today.

Jack Gold is a retired Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner. He graduated Whittier School of Law in July 1970 and passed the California bar exam August 1970. He began his practice with partner Stanley Y. Oda as Gold and Oda in 1970 and specialized in criminal, juvenile and music law with Mr. Oda who was and is today an expert in workers compensation in Los Angeles. He represented juveniles on the court appointed bar panel for approximately 10 years and helped create the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Bar Association. In 1981 he was appointed to sit in the superior court juvenile section as a referee subsequently being hired as a permanent superior court employee on November 7,1993 being sworn in as a commissioner of the court. His first and long lasting employment as a commissioner in the court lasted until his retirement on July 27, 2009. He remained in the juvenile court handling crimes by minors with one year in the juvenile dependency court hearing cases involving abandoned neglected and abused children. Commissioner Gold has lectured on occasion to the statewide Juvenile Court Judges of California on Delinquency matters concerning gangs and graffiti.