The Velvet Hammer: Judge Belvin Perry, Jr.’s Capital Murder Cases and Memoir by Chief Justice Belvin Perry, Jr. and Amy Mitchell chronicles the life of Belvin Perry, Jr. who went on to become the first elected African-American judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Orlando, Florida, without being appointed. In addition to insights on some high-profile cases he had been involved in, we become privy to all the experiences that led him to be known as the Velvet Hammer.
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