Right to counsel : a lawyer's struggle to defend a serial killer / James William Potts.
Right to counsel : a lawyer's struggle to defend a serial killer / James William Potts.
By
:
Potts, James William.
Publication Date
:
2008
Publication Information
:
Naperville, Ill. : Sphinx Pub.,
Physical Description
:
208 p.
Subject Term
:
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Public defenders.
Capital punishment -- United States.
Death row -- California -- Marin county.
Serial murderers -- California.
Trials (Murder) -- California.
Summary
:
In the late 1970s, a crime wave swept California. Several young girls were kidnapped, brutally raped, and murdered. Michael Dee Mattson, a drug addict with severe emotional problems, was convicted of these crimes and sentenced to be executed in California's gas chamber. James Potts, an aspiring young attorney still coming to terms with the rape of his own younger sister, is asked to find a way to get Mattson's conviction overturned.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781572486690
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Cormack (WCM) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 345.73 P85 | Checked In |