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Defending the Devil: My Story as Ted Bundy's Last Lawyer
AuthorPolly Nelson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTed Bundy trial; capital punishment
PublisherWilliam Morrow & Company

Publication date

1994
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages336
ISBN0688108237
OCLC28722570
LC ClassKF224.B86 N45

Defending the Devil: My Story as Ted Bundy's Last Lawyer is a 1994 nonfiction book written by American lawyer Polly Nelson, who was a member of serial killer Ted Bundy's legal defense team from 1986 to his execution in 1989. It was published by William Morrow & Company.[1]

Description

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Nelson was Bundy's final lawyer before his execution in 1989.[2] The book describes her attempts to spare Bundy the death penalty, and gives her impressions of him as a person, calling him, "the very definition of heartless evil".[3]

Court case

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Nelson sued novelist John Grisham in 1995, alleging his book The Chamber had striking similarities to her work.[4] After Grisham prevailed in a lower court ruling in 1996, the case was dismissed on appeal in 1997.[5]

References

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  • ^ Nelson, Polly (1994). Defending the Devil: My Story as Ted Bundy's Last Lawyer. New York City: William Morrow. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-688-10823-6.
  • ^ Owens, John B. (August 2001). "Grisham's Legal Tales: A Moral Compass for the Young Lawyer". UCLA Law Review. 48 (6). Los Angeles, California: 1431.
  • ^ Kelly, Keith J. (October 10, 1997). "Suit Doesn't Fit Grisham". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2011-06-23.

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