Conviction (book)

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This bestselling novel hovers around the debate surrounding capital punishment.

Two brothers are charged with, convicted and sentenced to die for the and murder of a 9 year old child. The defence attorney uncovers, 54 days before the execution of one of the brothers, multiple issues which, taken as a whole, could very well prove his innocence. As a matter of fact, the state prosecutor responsible for prosecuting the matter on appeal concedes that if the information developed 15 years after the initial conviction had been known at the time of the original trial, the state would not have been able to get a conviction.

As the story progresses, multiple issues emerge. Supreme Court of the United States, Governor and several special interest groups lobby for their respective ground. The author even points out that the capital punishment caters to the unwholesome appetite of the Americans for revenge. The words used resonate everytime someone famous is on the death row (recent examples: Timothy McVeigh, Stanley Williams,

This is a thought provoking book, dense with legal and moral discussions.

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