meghan shapiro and william montrose are the only co-authors and a write about people on death row.i think it's a particularly moving very strong essay about something that most people don't realize. the clients and the client's families and the lawyers themselves. you've really have to kind of take a part of life and put it back together to understand how a person is born in this world to do something so horrible that it seems to prompt the worst punishment of all, death by execution. piper carrington who teaches at ole miss writes for the district of columbia and one of the funnier essays. he tells about his representation of the woman who he tried to send mail to take a plea and thought it was sheer craziness to go to trial in this case. she was going to get so much time and contrary to visit vice a jury finds her not guilty and it's a wonderful story that i don't want to give away the punchline to. are there others that come to mind? he writes about his experience representing people accused of crime in the role his jewish faith plays. david singleton a former public defender in