mcginn shapiro and mcginn are the only co-authors and they write about people defending and i think it is a particularly moving and very strong essay about something most people will realize the told that it takes on the clients, the clients' families and the lawyers themselves because you have to take apart the life and understand how a person is born into this world to do something so horrible that it seems to prompt the very worst punishment of all, death by execution. he runs the project and teaches at all ole miss and tells a wonderful story about his representation of a woman who he tried to and mail to take a plea but it was just complete scheerer craziness to go to a trial and she was looking at so much time the jury finds her not guilty and it's a wonderful story that i don't want to give away the punch line to. are there others that come to mind? friedman writes about his experience representing people and the role his jewish faith plays. david singleton a former public tender in new york and washington, d.c. now runs a criminal justice litigation oriented organization called