“Lawless”

In today’s episode, we meet Kimberley Motley, author of the book “Lawless,” which recounts her unrelenting fight for justice in one of the world’s most dangerous places.

This is an extraordinary story of a US woman who became the first foreign lawyer to practice in Afghanistan. The book is a memoir, but it also has the feel of a page-turning suspense novel, where Kimberley Motley faces one unique, difficult and dangerous legal case after another.

Through sheer force of personality, ingenuity and perseverance, Kimberley’s legal work swiftly morphed into a personal mission – to bring “justness” to the defenseless and voiceless.

We start the show with Kimberley reading a section from her book about one of her clients named Irene, where she shows how Irene wound up with a severe prison sentence and explains that when women go to prison in Afghanistan, their children often go with them.