Richard Kammen is a retired criminal defense lawyer who lives and writes in Hilton Head South Carolina and San Miguel de Allende Mexico. During his career he defended over three hundred homicide cases and over forty death penalty cases. None of his clients were sentenced to death. Richard has now turned to writing legal thrillers which address current issues in the context of criminal cases. Tortured Justice Guantanamo Bay is inspired by the work Richard did in the ten years he spent defending an accused terrorist at Guantanamo. Tortured Justice South Carolina looks at the problems of immigration and the treatment of women caught up in the immigration labyrinth. Richard third book, Tortured Justice Alabama will be released in early 2025.