Miami prosecutor writes brutal sex novel ‘Desires of Death Penalty’

The lawyer, who was recently hired to train young prosecutors at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, is the recent author of an R-rated novel with sadistic-masochistic themes in which women are portrayed as sex objects and a transgender woman is an “it,” a “beast” and a “thing.”

“Examine the desire for submission of a woman accused of being the infamous ‘sex toy killer,’” the book’s description reads.

Steve Gosney was sworn in last week as the newest employee of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s office. He was hired as part of a series of changes Fernandez Rundle made in response to court findings and defense attorney complaints that some of her prosecutors were violating criminal court rules. Gosney told social media that the state attorney liked his “passion for ethics.”

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It appears that neither Fernandez Rundle nor any of her top executives have read Gosney’s novel, Desire for the death penalty, which can be easily purchased on his website of the same name or on Amazon, was discussed on his video channel Rumble and is listed on his resume. The State Attorney’s Office did not release documents requested by the Miami Herald related to his employment, including his job description and salary.

Gosney told the Miami Herald that he did not condone the sexual violence and misogynistic thinking of his characters. He said the book illustrated his stance against the death penalty.

“It’s a morality tale. It’s a commentary on society. It’s a meditation on the system and how the system can go wrong in countless ways to convict an innocent person, and it’s a tour of Death Row.” he said in an interview.

In a statement Wednesday, State Attorney’s Office spokesman Ed Griffith said the book was written while Gosney “was a member of the (Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) and worked as a public defender.” The book was written less than five months ago.

“When we hired him, we felt he would be a valuable addition to our office’s special projects, legal, appellate, litigation support and training functions,” Griffith said. “When I asked about this fictional novel, Mr. Gosney indicated that the key conceptual idea was to show what can happen to an innocent person when the criminal justice system does not function as intended.”

Gosney, 56, has experience in both criminal defense and prosecution. He was a prosecutor in Flagler County for six years and spent the last 14 years in the public defender’s office in Daytona Beach, where he trained new appellate attorneys, among other things.

As a self-published author, Gosney sells PG and R-rated versions of his book. He has also written other books, including Brucie, the One-Eyed Wonder Dog for children and of a Christian nature Handbook of individual freedoms.

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The Herald read the adult version Desires for the death penaltyin which the prosecutor frames the main character for her husband’s murder, and she is sentenced to death. The prosecutor is described as salivating, imagining the media coverage and the judge’s possible position.

The vast majority of women in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by various characters and the narrator. There are scenes of brutal sex, including between a husband and wife. Themes of men controlling or dominating women against their will are a thread throughout the novel.

There are several rapes or sexual assaults. The murdered husband is found with a sex toy in his anus; a ponytail is attached to it.

When the prosecutor looks at crime scene photos, he is “intoxicated” by the photographs of the “very dead” blonde.

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“The necrophiliac perversion of his desire never even crossed his mind. … He shared popcorn with other prosecutors as they watched underage girls being sodomized,” Gosney wrote. “He remembered one new prosecutor—a small, tart young man—who had given it back to him after one video-watching session. The thought made him smile.”

The main character receives an offer from the prison warden to live in the basement as a “submissive sex slave.”

One of the characters muses that he will “get pissed off” at the woman and “make her pay.”

A transgender prisoner, described as a “beast man” and a “crazy eye of horror” with a “surgical abomination” and a “mutilated crotch”, threatens to sexually assault the main character. The “f” word is used to describe the female anatomy of the main character.

The book equates being a woman with being submissive. The main character is described at one point as having “accepted her feminine need—her primal desire for male dominance.”

Most female characters are portrayed as sexual objects.

The investigator walks through the hospital, looking at every woman he passes, assessing their sexuality. He sees one woman and thinks, “I would do her.”

A nurse described as a ‘hospital whore’ throws herself at her boss, hoping he will get her pregnant so she can quit her job.

Heroines?

The book was written over 10 days in February, according to its website, but “draws on a lifetime of experience.” The book’s synopsis calls it “a crime and legal novel set in a world of perversion and passion. Try not to draw any conclusions about the author based on the content!”

Gosney said the passages should not be taken out of context and emphasized that the novel is fiction. He cited several female characters who he said were portrayed as heroines.

One of them is a prison guard who testifies in favor of the accused main character.

Another is a prisoner anatomically nicknamed “Eunuch” who performs a heroic act by crushing the neck of a transgender prisoner, repeatedly referred to as “the beast,” to stop him from sexually assaulting the protagonist.

The third character Gosney mentions is a lawyer who acts as a “second chair” for her husband, “hearing her husband speak confidently” during the proceedings, and then takes over, very efficiently, when he is exhausted. Needing help dealing with the complexities of the death penalty case, a lawyer is hired who takes the job for the publicity and because he is sexually attracted to the client.

The story ends with the cheated wife being released from prison. She is described as having grown during her time in prison and realizing that “a primal part of her yearned for a dominant master. A man who would take control.” The lawyer, she realizes, is “a man worthy of being called a daddy.” She agrees to wear the closet full of dresses and high heels he bought her because she wants to make him happy.

In his acknowledgments, Gosney thanks his friends, including those who follow his work online such as Legal Vices and Let’s Go Brandon.

Gosney told the Rumble audience that he had moved to Miami from Daytona Beach with his wife and son. He said that Fernandez Rundle’s office had “set up a position for him.”

“They’re looking for a defense prospect,” Gosney said of Fernandez Rundle’s office on his Rumble show. “It’s almost a dream job. … They said we need you here. We’re going to make you an offer you can’t refuse.”

Gosney said he would write policies, offer his expertise on ethics, train young prosecutors and possibly be part of a prosecutorial integrity unit. Fernandez Rundle has not announced the creation of such a unit, although local defense attorneys have asked for it; Gosney said his job is “uncertain.”

“Everyone says Miami is great,” he said at Rumble, “except for the traffic.”