AuthorChats

Hosted by criminal defense lawyer Elizabeth Kelley, AuthorChats features in-depth interviews with lawyers about their recent works.  In this episode, she talks with Jerome F. Buting, author of Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System.  In the book's Introduction, Mr. Buting writes: "The saga of Steven Avery, which unfolded in a sweeping narrative studded with intricate detail, stunned many as a portrayal of a badly warped American justice system.  Its twists and turns neared Shakespearean proportions... But what happened to Steven Avery is not unique.  So I write this book to widen the lens beyond that case, to try to show what the world looks like to people who are standing alone and accused and, many times, despised.  As a defense lawyer, my place is by their sides... Defense lawyers must fight not just to protect the legal rights of their clients but also to protect their clients' humanity, which far too often is lost in the leviathan machinery of the courts."