Quest for Justice Defending the Damned

Framed for murder, Randal Padgett faced the death penalty. Evidence planted by police put James Willie "Bo" Cochran on death row for thirteen years. Charged and convicted based on untrue testimony, Gary Drinkard's execution date loomed over him. After being falsely identified as a gunman, Che Salvador Swindle was charged with capital murder.

Richard S. Jaffe is the senior partner of the Birmingham, Alabama, law firm of Jaffe & Strickland, P.C., specializing in the areas of criminal defense and civil rights. A graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he is board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Criminal Trial Specialist and is currently listed in both Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Georgia, the District of Columbia and Alabama. Jaffe is considered one of the foremost experts and lecturers on criminal law in America and is frequently called upon to comment on death penalty issues and other areas of criminal law by national television, radio and print media.