I Killed Sam: A Novel Based on the 1957 Groundbreaking Trial of a Battered Woman

by Robert Steadman

Book Overview

Trial attorney Bob Steadman, 93, was inspired to write I Killed Sam, based on his ground-breaking defense of a battered woman in 1957, when most of the country accepted and supported spouse abuse. Despite the long, legal odds, the fictional attorney Bob Nichols tries a never-before-tried-strategy of positing a dual defense, which, on the surface, appears contradictory: self-defense and temporary insanity. This fictionalized account of the Flint,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1954786522
• ISBN13: 9781954786523
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Mission Point Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"