The man who saves lives on Death Row
The Scotsman and the New Zealand Dominion June 13 1988 Jim McCloskey’s journey to death row began in the suburbs of Philadelphia nine years ago. He was then a successful management consultant, aged 37,...
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The Scotsman and the New Zealand Dominion September 5 1988 The last time I saw the greatest criminal trial lawyer in the world, he was laid out on his sofa like a fallen tree, all six foot four of him,...
View ArticleSearching for justice
Mail on Sunday magazine February 1989 Grundy is a small colourless town in the bleak backwoods of Virginia down by the border with Tennessee, a poor town where most of the men have “black lung” from...
View ArticleThe town that loved lynching
The Scotsman April 1989 The old sheriff of Montgomery County, Ben Hicks, had an answer for everything. A black man had just been burned alive in front of his office in the courthouse square in the...
View ArticleA lifeline on Death Row
Jane Officer did not think much of her driver. He was playing redneck country music on his radio, he had a big belly, untidy grey hair, a mouth full of chewing gum and he was determined to inflict his...
View ArticleThe deathrow lawyer from Wolverhampton
The Pope does not often speak up for convicted killers. But earlier this year, he joined Vaclav Havel, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Jesse Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Kenny Rogers, every Catholic...
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