Shepherds and Butchers by Chris Marnewick - 9781784753436

Name: Shepherds and Butchers by Chris Marnewick - 9781784753436
Brand: Cornerstone

Cornerstone

Shepherds and ButchersAuthor(s): Chris Marnewick\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornerstone, United Kingdom\nImprint: Arrow Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781784753436, 978-1784753436\nSynopsis\n*THE GRIPPING NEW DRAMA AS SEEN ON NETFLIX*\n\nSouth Africa, 1987. Apartheid. When Leon, a white 19-year-old prison guard working on death row commits an inexplicable act of violence, killing seven black men in a hail of bullets, the outcome of the trial - and the courts sentence - seems a foregone conclusion.\n\nHotshot lawyer John Weber (played by Steve Coogan) reluctantly takes on the seemingly unwinnable case. A passionate opponent of the death penalty, John discovers that young Leon worked on death row in the nations most notorious prison, under traumatic conditions: befriending the inmates over the years while having to assist with their eventual execution.\n\nAs the court hearings progress, the case offers John the opportunity to put the entire system of legally sanctioned murder on trial. How c.