Presumed Guilty

by Scott Turow

Presumed Guilty is Scott Turow’s second follow-up to his 1986 bestselling legal thriller, Presumed Innocent (subsequently turned into the brilliant 1990 movie with Harrison Ford, Bonnie Bedelia and Greta Scacchi). In Presumed Guilty, Rusty Sabich, the main protagonist, is in his late 70s after an illustrious career as a prosecutor and a judge. He has also found love again. Unfortunately, his stepson-to-be gets arrested for murder after the death of his girlfriend. Presumed Guilty is a long book (500+ pages) and gets really into the weeds of both Rusty’s life and the ins and outs of criminal procedure.