Death Penalty — William J. Coughlin

Criminal attorney Charley Sloan had it all--the Rolls, the Rolex and the expensive wives--until alcoholism took him to the brink of disbarment. Now he's fighting his way back, defending the infamous Dr. Death, who's accused of helping his wealthy patients die.

But Charley's real trouble begins when he takes on a tricky appeal for a down-at-the-heels colleague. Major money rides on the outcome. Caught now in a web of greed and corruption, Charley faces a decision that only he can make, one that could destroy him and his client and ruin the career of the very man who had once saved his license--a decision for which the penalty might very well be death.