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Browne, John Henry

 
9781613734872: The Devil's Defender: My Odyssey Through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre
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ISBN 10 : 1613734875 ISBN 13 : 9781613734872
Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2016

Synopsis

In the tradition of best-selling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F Lee Bailey, Gerry Spence, and Alan Dershowitz, John Henry Browne's memoir, The Devil's Defender recounts his tortuous education in what it means to be an advocate -- and a human being. For the last four decades, the Seattle-based criminal defence lawyer has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero ""the Barefoot Bandit"" Colton Harris-Moore, to Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre, to Kandahar massacre culprit Sergeant Robert Bales, Brown has stood at the forefront of our national debate over the death penalty, putting on trail our most base and violent instincts -- and the institutional deficiencies that let our most vulnerable fall through the cracks. His unceasing advocacy and the daring to take on some of the most unwinnable cases -- and nearly win them all -- has led 48 Hours Peter Van Sant to call him ""the most famous lawyer in America . But although the Browne that America has come to know cuts a dashing and confident figure, he has forever been haunted by his job as counsel to Ted Bundy, the most famous serial killer in American history. A formerly drug- and alcohol-addicted (yet wildly successful) defence attorney who could never let go of the case that started it all, Browne here traces the roots of his discontent as well as his dedication, asking himself the question others have asked him all along: Does defending evil make you evil, too?

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In the tradition of best-selling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F Lee Bailey, Gerry Spence, and Alan Dershowitz, John Henry Browne's memoir, “The Devil's Defender” recounts his tortuous education in what it means to be an advocate -- and a human being. For the last four decades, the Seattle-based criminal defence lawyer has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero ""the Barefoot Bandit"" Colton Harris-Moore, to Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre, to Kandahar massacre culprit Sergeant Robert Bales, Brown has stood at the forefront of our national debate over the death penalty, putting on trail our most base and violent instincts -- and the institutional deficiencies that let our most vulnerable fall through the cracks. His unceasing advocacy and the daring to take on some of the most unwinnable cases -- and nearly win them all -- has led 48 Hours’ Peter Van Sant to call him ""the most famous lawyer in America”. But although the Browne that America has come to know cuts a dashing and confident figure, he has forever been haunted by his job as counsel to Ted Bundy, the most famous serial killer in American history. A formerly drug- and alcohol-addicted (yet wildly successful) defence attorney who could never let go of the case that started it all, Browne here traces the roots of his discontent as well as his dedication, asking himself the question others have asked him all along: Does defending evil make you evil, too?

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Éditeur
Chicago Review Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1613734875
ISBN 13 
9781613734872
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0912777672 ISBN 13 :  9780912777672
Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2018
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