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George Critchlow

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in Spokane, WA, The United States

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https://www.georgecritchlow.com

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George Critchlow@GeorgeCritchlo3

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Memoir, Crime, Spirituality

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Leonard Cohen

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George Critchlow is a professor emeritus who taught law at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington for many years. He is also an experienced trial lawyer with civil and criminal experience in state courts, federal courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

He has taught international human rights law and consulted in Europe, South America, the Middle East, and China. Critchlow’s interest in fairness, equal opportunity, and civil liberties has been a central part of his professional life.

He has now transitioned from a world of legal briefs and law review articles to creative writing that has freed him to say what he wants without lots of tedious footnotes.

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	The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege by George Critchlow (Goodreads Author), Michael Anderson 4.45 avg rating — 612 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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ABAJournal article, 4/6/21

A conversation with attorney George Critchlow on his new book, 'The Lifer and the Lawyer'
BY ROBIN LINDLEY

APRIL 6, 2021, 10:04 AM CDT

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“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”―Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

In 1979, George Critchlow was a young criminal defense attorney just a couple years out of law school. He w Read more of this blog post »

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“We imagine our paths are freely chosen. But there is a need to account for biology and history, the random intercession of other people, culture, race, and the mystery of the transcendent. ”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: big-questions, book-club, criminal-justice, human-behavior, memoir, narrative-nonfiction, nonfiction-reads, race-and-culture, social-context, thought-provoking

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“You could fight, take drugs, maybe even kill—but the behavior had to be confined to the inside of the prison. You could not escape.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: carceral-reality, gritty-nonfiction, human-condition, justice-reform, nonfiction, prison-memoir, real-life-drama, survival, systems, true-story

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“Once he accepted God into his life, Michael immediately began receiving the benefit of small miracles—“gold nuggets,” he calls them—that he perceived to be tangible proof of God’s love.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege