including barbara babcock who i think of as the dean of criminal defenders she wrote the classic piece called defending the guilty that is more than 30 years old and she writes and a new interesting updated take she gets the question and "how can you represent those people?" from her hair dresser even her oncologist. i think -- i thought that was a great line. representing in the high-profile controversial defendants who has his own typically a renaissance man and writes about his representation with the oakland city -- oklahoma city bombing case and also with the guantanamo detainee , as the essay discussion of criminal defense since september 11 and what the policies were before and after that the event. make in shapiro is another co-author and talks about defending people on death row there is a very strong essay that's talks about the clients' families and the lawyers because you have to take a part of life then put it back together how layperson could do something so horrible that is the worst punishment abolished death by a execution. running the innocence project at old mess tal