Reversible Errors (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Scott Turow
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Discrimination, United States or Americans, Prisoners, Prisons, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, Midwest, Chicago, Capital punishment, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Law or legislation, Lawyers, Captivity, 1990’s, Illinois, 2000’s
- Locales: Kindle County, IL (fictive)
Reversible Errors draws on Scott Turow's pro bono death penalty defense work to show how even well-meaning prosecutors can cause justice to miscarry. Corporate attorney Arthur Raven has been assigned the final appeal in a notorious murder, the killing of a popular restaurateur. A ne’er-do-well named Rommy Gandolph has been convicted on circumstantial evidence and a confession evoked under pressure, and since he is both marginally retarded and disagreeable, his fated end has not provoked much sympathy. Raven, however, becomes convinced of Gandolph's innocence and does battle...
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