Active criminal trial judge pens murder mystery

Judge Richard Rittenband draws from his professional experiences to create a fictional courtroom drama in A Capital Murder

HARTFORD, Conn. (MMD Newswire) February 11, 2010 -- A Capital Murder: State vs. Governor David Roberts by Judge Richard Rittenband moves to illustrate how even a state governor can be tried for murder.

In A Capital Murder, Anne Tremaine, a young and beautiful lawyer lobbyist, is strangled to death on Christmas morning in her luxury condominium a few miles south of the state capitol in Hartford, Conn. In a surprise that shocks the state as well as the nation, the popular governor, David Roberts, is arrested in his office and charged with her murder. He and Anne had a torrid love affair between his two marriages. Declaring his innocence, Governor Roberts hires Brian Kelly, a prominent criminal defense attorney and Becky Brown, a private investigator to clear his name. A high profile trial ensues, while Becky follows the trail of a state representative, a senator and the local mafia that ends in an explosive courtroom scene uncovering the truth behind Anne's murder.

A seasoned trial judge, Rittenband writes his book to be realistic. "I want to illustrate the true excitement of a courtroom and the realism of a private investigator's job," he says. "The cross examinations within the book are based on my own experiences as a judge and lawyer, and the investigative work is based on my experience as a counter intelligence agent."

A Capital Murder: State vs. Governor David Roberts is available for sale online at Amazon.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Richard Rittenband is a criminal trial judge in Hartford, Conn. He practiced law as a criminal defense attorney for 34 years before being named to the bench. He was an officer of the Connecticut House of Representatives and legal counsel to several legislative committees, as well as a speechwriter and legal advisor to the mayor of Hartford for four years and a candidate for Congress in 1972. Rittenband graduated from the Wharton School of Finance & Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from the University of Connecticut Law School. During the Korean War, he served as an Air Force counter-intelligence agent and criminal investigator. Rittenband is also the author of Truths of Justice.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Judge Richard Rittenband
Email: rrittenban@aol.com
Phone: (860) 644-2672

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