PremiumMichelle DuffNZ Herald·12 Jun, 2026 10:00 PM11 mins to readAsher Emanuel: “It was really important to me that the reader would be able to have their own experience of meeting these people and seeing what was happening and reaching some of their own conclusions,” he says. Photo / Ebony LambBefore he was the author of a best-selling non-fiction book on crime and punishment, Asher Emanuel was a lawyer frustrated with the criminal justice system. He talks with Michelle Duff about following two men and their lawyer for two years through the courts, prison, hospitals and rehab.
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