Jerry Summers Book On Judge Raulston Schoolfield Chosen To Be Included In Notable Trials Series

  • Saturday, October 24, 2020

A book on controversial and colorful local Judge Raulston Schoolfield by Chattanooga attorney Jerry Summers has been chosen to be included in the Notable Trials Series.

The book is entitled: "Rush To Judgment? Tennessee's Forgotten Trial of the Century - Schoolfield 1958."

A special leather-bound edition of the book has been privately printed for the members of the Notable Trials Library.

Noted scholar Alan Dershowitz is the chairman of the Notable Trials Library. Mr. Dershowitz wrote an introduction to the new edition of the book.

The Schoolfield book was first printed in 2015.

 

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