A defense attorney examines the compelling issues and challenges faced by people in her profession, as she recalls her first case: a woman convicted of driving a getaway car. This first case became, for Abbe Smith, a quarter-century-long campaign to overturn the conviction. Smith is candid about her successes and failures, and about those of the criminal justice system.

A noted criminal lawyer describes her role as a champion of the rights of the accused in a criminal case, discussing the ethical dilemmas of representing the guilty, the burden of fighting for the innocent, and her own career of attempting to right the wrongs of the American criminal justice system by freeing wrongfully convicted individuals. 15,000 first printing.

A noted criminal lawyer describes her role as a champion of the rights of the accused in a criminal case, discussing the ethical dilemmas of representing the guilty, the burden of fighting for the innocent, and her own career of attempting to right the wrongs of the American criminal justice system by freeing wrongfully convicted individuals. 15,000 first printing.