Piper Punches's Blog - Posts Tagged "books"

Often, I get asked how I come up with my stories. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒘𝒚𝒆𝒓 is a book whose seed was planted over 20 years ago inside a Law & Society class at Saint Louis University taught by Judge Jimmie Edwards, now St. Louis City Public Safety Director. It was in this class that Judge Edwards told us that everyone deserves a defense. Without a proper defense, our criminal justice system doesn’t work. Judge Edwards, the chances are high that you don’t remember me, but those words have stuck with me for two decades, and they ring truer than ever in today’s climate. Those words planted a seed and eventually became the inspiration for 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒘𝒚𝒆𝒓 .

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒘𝒚𝒆𝒓 is a book that challenges our ideas of justice. It's not a legal procedural book, but a novel that examines the reasons people make the choices they do and asks you to consider how justice is best served.



📷 Credit: Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com