The Devil's Defender: My Odyssey Through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre

Browne, Mr. John Henry

ISBN 10: 1613734875 / ISBN 13: 9781613734872

Published by Chicago Review Press, 2016

Seller Inventory # mon0000392594

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?

About the Author:

John Henry Browne, one of America&;s leading criminal defense attorneys, has practiced law out of his Seattle offices for nearly forty years. His life and work have been profiled in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere.
 

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Devil's Defender: My Odyssey Through ...
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Acceptable