- April 14, 2026
- April 15, 2026
What does justice really look like when you move beyond the courtroom and into the lives of the people forced to carry it out?
In this two-part conversation, The Murder Police Podcast sits down with author Daniel Mark Grace to discuss his novel In the Wake of Golgotha and the deeper questions that connect ancient punishment to modern true crime and the death penalty. This conversation goes beyond a single case and instead explores the psychology of judgment, the burden carried by jurors and investigators, and the uncomfortable overlap between law, religion, morality, and violence.
We discuss the idea of the “middle hands” of justice — the people who don’t commit the crime and don’t make the laws, but are responsible for deciding guilt, delivering verdicts, and carrying out sentences. From ancient crucifixion to modern capital punishment, the conversation draws striking parallels between history and today’s criminal justice system.
Daniel Grace also explains the story behind In the Wake of Golgotha, a modern literary thriller that reimagines Judas Iscariot and Pontius Pilate in present-day New York City. The book explores guilt, ambition, addiction, fate, choice, and whether anyone truly deserves a second chance after an unforgivable act.
If you’re interested in true crime, capital punishment, jury psychology, crime and punishment, redemption, and the deeper human side of justice, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
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