Confessions of a Public Defender
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Confessions of a Public Defender describes the experiences of a criminal lawyer. The events and the descriptions in this book are derived from real courtroom experiences. The cases and outcomes are part of David Carson Futch's life experience that he wished had been available to him before law school. The only book he read concerning the actual law school experience was called One L, referring to a first-year law student.
But what about after law school?
This book is an attempt to illustrate the raw and true nature of the criminal justice system from a criminal representation point of view. Someone must be there to perform this basic function in one of the largest areas of law. Without these criminal lawyers representing the accused, democracy will not work. Lawyers are an essential staple in a democratic society. Without them, democracy fails.
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Coming SOON! --- What happens when twelve ordinary citizens hold the power of life and death, and one refuses to change his mind?
In 1983, twenty-one-year-old David Carson Futch was selected to serve on a Mississippi jury in a shocking capital murder trial.
A fifty-eight-year-old woman was brutally murdered in her own home, and the evidence was almost too horrifying to comprehend.
When the jury deliberated over the punishment, eleven jurors, including David, believed the killer deserved to die.
One juror disagreed.
What followed was an extraordinary confrontation between justice, mercy, moral conviction, and the power of a single dissenting voice.
Decades later, now a criminal defense attorney, David revisits the unforgettable trial that forever changed his understanding of justice.
Jury of 12 for Death is a gripping true story of a brutal crime, a divided jury, and the extraordinary responsibility of deciding whether another human being should live or die.