What Justice Looks Like
by Samuel Damren
| Nonfiction
| Published 05-01-2019
WHAT JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE tells the story of two high stakes criminal cases - the 1977 prosecution of a vicious hitman and the 2016 exoneration of an innocent defendant who pled guilty to a quadruple murder as a teenager. It is a first-person account by the lawyer who handled both cases; the first, as a prosecutor and the second, as counsel for the defense.
Samuel Damren is recognized as a “lawyer’s lawyer.” His storied career began as an Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor and then an Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit. After leaving public service, he focused on business law and commercial litigation representing prominent entrepreneurs and companies in southeastern Michigan. He has authored numerous scholarly articles examining landmark legal cases as well as the intersection of legal theory and other disciplines.