A robber attacks a woman in her house and drowns her in the bathtub. A homosexual man rapes and murders a girl. A host shoots two people in cold blood - and then returns calmly behind the counter. The unbelievable is the normal case with him: Uwe Krechel is one of Germany's best-known criminal defence lawyers. For the first time, he describes his encounters with the perpetrators and reports on cases that have aroused emotions.