Download or read book "I'm Sorry for what I've Done" written by M. Catherine Gruber and published by Oxford Studies in Language and. This book was released on 2014 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gruber examines 52 apologetic allocutions produced during federal sentencing hearings. Defendants raised the topics of the offence, mitigation, future behaviour, and the sentence in diverse ways, and this book explores the pros and cons associated with different forms.