Justice is what can be proven in a Court of Law
Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent involves a DA leading the investigation into the gruesome murder of a colleague of which he is ultimately accused of committing and stands trial but is eventually exonerated after a self-serving, pompous, preening underling does a number on him. The parallels in William Landay’s present court room drama are uncanny save that here it is the DA’s teenage son who is accused of killing a classmate. This is not to say that this isn’t a great read, in many ways the better book, just that there are many similarities including the snapper ending. Neither book inspires much confidence in the justice system.
Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent involves a DA leading the investigation into the gruesome murder of a colleague of which he is ultimately accused of committing and stands trial but is eventually exonerated after a self-serving, pompous, preening underling does a number on him. The parallels in William Landay’s present court room drama are uncanny save that here it is the DA’s teenage son who is accused of killing a classmate. This is not to say that this isn’t a great read, in many ways the better book, just that there are many similarities including the snapper ending. Neither book inspires much confidence in the justice system.
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