The Hanging Judge, Michael Ponsor
The Hanging Judge, Michael Ponsor
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The Hanging Judge

Author: Michael Ponsor

Narrator: Rich Orlow

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/03/2013

Synopsis

When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a nurse at a neighborhood clinic, the police arrest a black drug dealer. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so that he can pursue the death penalty. The Honorable David S. Norcross, who has been on the federal bench only two years, now presides overthe first death penalty case in the state in fifty years. He must contend not only with an ambitious female prosecutor and a brilliant veteran defense attorney, but with a citizenry outraged at the senseless killing of a white hockey mom-- not to mention the pressures of the media, anti-death penalty protesters, vengeful gang members, and the million other things that can go wrong in a capital trial. Michael A. Ponsor takes readers into the courtroom and beyond, presenting with great sensitivity the points of view of the defendant and his wife; the victims' families; law enforcement officers; witnesses; and the judge who, while still coming to terms with the death of his wife, begins a relationship with a woman he is not sure he can trust.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on March 18, 2020

This is my first experience with this author and narrator. Apparently, the author is a retired Federal Judge, which adds authenticity to the story. The book is well written and the characters are realistic and interesting. The plot is well thought out. This legal fiction has a feeling of being real,......more

Goodreads review by Marvin on December 03, 2013

There are tons of mysteries and courtroom dramas novel seen in the perspective of the lawyer, the law enforcement officer, and even the indicted. But The Hanging Judge may be the first novel I have read that is mainly in the perspective of the judge. It is because the author, Michael Posner has been......more

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey) on January 24, 2014

I selected this book because I enjoy an absorbing legal thriller, and the accolades were mostly positive. Additionally, the premise of the story, as well as the author's academic creds--Yale and Harvard--were heightened by the fact that he is a U.S. district judge in Massachusetts. The story is told......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on September 05, 2013

Excellent legal novel told from a unique perspective: that of a federal judge. The author, a sitting federal judge (although some research revealed he intended to retire soon)*, graphically recreates the events leading up to the trial of a man for a drive-by shooting. There is a lot of doubt in the......more

Goodreads review by Sue on December 11, 2013

This is what I would describe as an intelligent crime/legal novel, which makes good sense as the author is a long time senior U.S. district judge in the United States District Court of Massachusetts, Western Division. Ponsor manages the delicate task of balancing all the myriad sides of a major crim......more

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