Book Review: I’m Sorry for What I’ve Done: The Language of Courtroom Apologies

In I’m Sorry for What I’ve Done: The Language of Courtroom Apologies, M. Catherine Gruber studies the words spoken by defendants in 52 sentencings that occurred before three federal judges. Gruber provides the defendants’ approximate ages, their offenses, their criminal histories, and their ranges under the federal Sentencing Guidelines. She tells us what the defendants said and what sentences judges imposed.