John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster: The True Story of the Lawyer Who Defended One of the Most Evil Serial Killers in History

by Dan Broderick, Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick

Book Overview

"A riveting account of what it was like to defend one of the most notorious serial killers in history"--Seattle Post Intelligencer

"Sam, could you do me a favor?" Thus begins a story that has now become part of America's true crime hall of fame. It is a gory, grotesque tale befitting a Stephen King novel. It is also a David and Goliath saga--the story of a young lawyer fresh from the Public Defender's Office whose first client...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632203634
• ISBN13: 9781632203632
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

TERRIBLE writing, but factual

It’s great to have the defense attorney’s take, you get a very unique perspective. However, Amirante is a terrible writer. He drones on and on with metaphors and drags his point out. If I had been his editor, this could have easily been 30 pages shorter. The fact that he wrote out his entire, droning closing statement? Ridiculous.