The Devil's Defender: My Odyssey Through American Criminal

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

In the tradition of bestselling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey,Â 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 advocateâ€”and a human being.Â For the last four decades, Browne has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero "the Barefoot Bandit" Colton Moore, to Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre, to Kandahar massacre culprit Sgt. Robert Bales, Browne's unceasing advocacy and the daring to take on some of the most unwinnable casesâ€”and nearly win them allâ€”has led 48 Hours' Peter Van Sant to call him "the most famous lawyer in America."Â 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 drug- and alcohol-addicted (yet wildly successful) defense attorney who could never let go of the case that started it all, Browne here asks of himself the question others have asked him all along: does defending evil make you evil, too?
Country USA
Manufacturer Chicago Review Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-01
Format Kindle eBook

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