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One L tells author Scott Turow's experience as a first-year Harvard Law School student. The book takes place in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Harvard University is located. First years, or One-L's as they are often called, all face similar issues their initial year of law school. Harvard, known for its reputation as one of the best law schools ...
Signature. Scott Frederick Turow[1] (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. [2] Turow’s novels are set primarily among the legal community in the fictional Kindle County.
Ordinary Heroes. Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty is a 2003 series of autobiographical reflections regarding the death penalty. It is written by Scott Turow and marks his return to non-fiction for the first time since One L in 1977. Turow bases his opinions on his experiences as a prosecutor and, in ...
Presumed Innocent is based on Scott Turow’s 1986 novel of the same name, which also led to a 1990 film adaptation starring Harrison Ford. The plot follows Rusty Sabich, a married prosecutor who ...
Testimony, published in 2017, is a novel by Scott Turow which details ex-United States Attorney for Kindle County Bill ten Boom's first case on the International Criminal Court (ICC); ten Boom investigates the overnight disappearance and suspected massacre of an entire refugee village of more than 400 Romani people in the unsettled political atmosphere following the Bosnian war.
Preceded by. One L. Followed by. The Burden of Proof. Presumed Innocent, published in August 1987, is a legal thriller novel by American writer Scott Turow. His first novel, [1][2] it is about a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague, Carolyn Polhemus. It is told in a first person point of view by the accused, Rožat "Rusty" Sabich.
Followed by. Testimony. Identical, published in 2013, is a novel by Scott Turow which details the complicated relationship between the Kronon and the Gianis families, who are neighbors, friends, enemies, and rivals at different times throughout. Cass Gianis is sent to prison for the murder of Dita Kronon, his girlfriend; later Paul Gianis, Cass ...
For his 12th legal thriller, 'Suspect," Scott Turow chooses a spiky millennial successor to retired attorney Sandy Stern — and sets himself a high bar