Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of fourteen works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent, and most recently, Presumed Guilty, which hit the shelves in January of this year. All of his novels have been New York Times bestsellers. His works have been the basis for film and television projects…last year Apple TV+ released an eight-part limited series based on Presumed Innocent, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

From 1978 until 1986, Mr. Turow worked as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois prosecuting several high-profile public corruption cases. He has also served on a number of public bodies, including the Illinois Commission on Capital Punishment, which proposed reforms to Illinois’ death penalty system, and he was the first Chair of Illinois’ Executive Ethics Commission, created in 2004 to regulate executive branch employees in Illinois. 

SONG 1: “We Shall Overcome”...this is a 1962 live recording that’s been remastered…and re-released on the album Every Morning at Half Past Four in 2020. https://youtu.be/KUbkld3Rq2A?si=Xvtm-4JB5lhXLuGF

SONG 2: Kermit the Frog singing "Rainbow Connection" - in the 1979 film The Muppet Movie. https://youtu.be/YRPBUeVOimU?si=Uz2a2ICgc1zf_c7a

SONG 3: "Runaway" by Del Shannon released in 1961 on his debut album Runaway with Del Shannon. https://youtu.be/0S13mP_pfEc?si=YPul_1R6i_CpLfZL