{"id":924,"date":"2008-09-18T19:42:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/?p=132"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:17","slug":"kevin-davis-defending-the-damned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/2008\/09\/18\/kevin-davis-defending-the-damned\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Davis: Defending the Damned"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"610\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" height=\"226\"><em>Featured Guest:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/files\/2011\/02\/kevdav-140-Kevindavis01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-135\" title=\"kevdav-140-Kevindavis01\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/files\/2011\/02\/kevdav-140-Kevindavis01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Kevin  Davis<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured Book:<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Defending the  Damned<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Date &amp; Location: <\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, September  18, 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rubloff Reception Room, Water Tower Campus<br \/>\n25 East  Pearson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Veteran journalist and author Kevin Davis will discuss his latest non-fiction  work, DEFENDING THE DAMNED, a riveting story of a team of battle-scarred lawyers  fighting against all odds in Chicago&#8217;s  \u00a0Cook  County&#8217;s Public Defender&#8217;s  Office.\u00a0 Unflinching, gripping, and full of surprises, this is an unforgettable  human story and engaging <strong>courtroom <\/strong>drama where life and death hang in the balance.\u00a0 Book signing and reception  to follow.<\/p>\n<p>His stories have appeared in the <em><strong>Chicago Tribune<\/strong><\/em>,  <em><strong>USA Today<\/strong><\/em>, the <em><strong>American Bar Association  Journal<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Chicago Magazine<\/strong><\/em>. Mr. Davis  has also authored eight non-fiction children&#8217;s books. He is a part-time  journalism instructor at Loyola University Chicago and an adjunct faculty member  at the University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To R.S.V.P. please  contact Carol Franklin at  773 508-2641 or <a href=\"mailto:cfrankl@luc.edu%20\">cfrankl@luc.edu <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Guest: Kevin Davis Featured Book: Defending the Damned Date &amp; Location: Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:00 p.m. Rubloff Reception Room, Water Tower Campus 25 East Pearson Veteran journalist and author Kevin Davis will discuss his latest non-fiction work, DEFENDING THE DAMNED, a riveting story of a team of battle-scarred lawyers fighting against all odds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5858],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}