Defending the Devil
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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]
Author | Polly Nelson |
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Language | English |
Subject | Ted Bundy trial; capital punishment |
Publisher | William Morrow & Company |
Publication date | 1994 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 336 |
ISBN | 0688108237 |
OCLC | 28722570 |
LC Class | KF224.B86 N45 |
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]
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]
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