Summary:  A compelling memoir from his law-school days in 1984, when he assisted his professor, Ron Smith, Esq., in appealing the death sentence of convicted rapist-murderer Michael Dee Mattson. Mattson had committed the most heinous crimes imaginable, brutalizing and assassinating extremely young girls in California and Nevada, stirring within Jim passions that reverted to a crime committed against his own family. But, as an attorney, wouldn’t he be compelled to argue the best possible defense for the client? When Ron found a logical basis for overturning the verdict, once that could lead to life without parole, Jim wrestled with the notion of keeping quiet. For the truth was, he had found an even greater breach of law, which, if brought before the California Supreme Court, might get their client released back into society. What to do...? These gripping moral and ethical issues are delved into on one level, as Jim tells the story of Mattson’s murders and the police interrogations on a second level. As the stories mesh, we learn that the protagonist’s dilemma can truly be resolved only one way! This is a must read (www.jameswilliampotts.com).