Jim Turner

Jim Turner’s (Law) book Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials, published by the University of Michigan Press, was re-leased in 2018. It details Jim’s first assignment in civil rights law, the murder of Viola Liuzzo outside of Selma, Ala., after the 1965 March to Montgomery. Jim, who lives in Washington, D.C., served as deputy assistant attorney general for 25 years under seven consecutive U.S. presidents.