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Christopher

CHRISTOPHER A. SOTTIN

COST OF A

VERDICT

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A VERDICT ENDS IN THE COURTROOM—BUT CONTINUES INSIDE THE CONSCIENCE OF A JUROR?
A Memoir by Christopher A. Sottin
Cost of a Verdict is a deeply personal exploration of conscience, civic responsibility, reasonable
doubt, and the emotional weight that can follow a jury verdict long after the courtroom has
emptied.
One juror entered the courthouse prepared to fulfill a civic duty.
 
He left carrying a decision that would follow him home.
IMAGINE. BELIEVE. INSPIRE.

BOOKS FOR THOUGHT

WRITING THAT INVITES REFLECTION
The Verdict Was the End of the Trial.
It Was the Beginning of Something Else.

The courtroom emptied.
The jurors went home.
Life continued.

But some decisions do not remain inside the rooms where they are made.
Cost of a Verdict explores what happens when conviction collides with pressure, exhaustion, and
the human desire for resolution.

It is not simply a story about a jury.
It is a story about what happens when a person begins questioning a decision that cannot simply
be undone.
What does judgment cost the people asked to deliver it?
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A MOMENT TO PAUSE. A REASON TO REFLECT.

Some thoughts need only a few words.
Food for Thought offers short reflections on life, faith, relationships, courage, grief, humanity, hope, and the lessons hidden within everyday experience.

Not every thought needs an answer.
Sometimes it simply needs our attention.

MEET THE AUTHOR

CHRISTOPHER A. SOTTIN

Christopher A. Sottin is an author and reflective writer whose work explores both the interior experiences that shape individuals and the larger questions that shape societies. Through memoir, reflection, and social commentary, he returns to one enduring question: What shapes who we become—and what responsibility do we have for what comes next?

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ONE WRITER. MANY QUESTIONS.

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Some Thoughts Need More Room.

Longer reflections on conscience, identity, relationships, faith, society, grief, humanity, and the continuing work of becoming.
A place for questions that deserve more than a passing moment.
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