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Discussion Questions

A Matter of Conscience: Redemption of a Hometown Hero, Bobby Hoppe

1. How do different characters in the book define “conscience”? How did they each deal with their own conscience?

2. What do you think about Judge DiRisio’s ruling that Godwin’s testimony did not violate the penitent/priest confidentiality statute?

3. What do you think about about Judge DiRiso’s ruling to allow the case to go forward after 31 years?

4. How well do you think the justice system worked in Bobby’s Hoppe’s investigation and his historic indictment and trial?

5. Was Hoppe’s self-defense plea believable? Why or why not?

6. Godwin was forced to admit he was offered “big money” to tell his story. How does that make you feel about him?

7. Were you surprised by the ending of the book? Do you think Hoppe killed Hudson? Why or why not? If you don’t think Hoppe killed Hudson, who do you think killed him?

8. As a reader, what intrigues you the most about this book? Stories about Bobby’s football prowess? Tales of the trial with Bobby Lee Cook as defense attorney? Insight into the love that sustained Sherry and Bobby through months/years of tribulation?

A Matter of Conscience: Redemption of a Hometown Hero, Bobby Hoppe
Sherry Lee Hoppe with Dennie B Burke

  • Publication Date: October 5, 2010
  • Hardcover: 370 pages
  • Publisher: Wakestone Press
  • ISBN-10: 1609560019
  • ISBN-13: 9781609560010