Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Barak, Maya Pagni, author.
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| ISBN: | 9781479806973
1479806978
9781479873753
1479873756
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 3, 2019).
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| Summary: | The unsung heroes who defend the accused from the ultimate punishmentWhat motivates someone to make a career out of defending some of the worst suspected killers of our time? In Capital Defense, Jon B. Gould and Maya Pagni Barak give us a glimpse into the lives of lawyers who choose to work in the darkest corner of our criminal justice system: death penalty cases. Based on in-depth personal interviews with a cross-section of the nation's top capital defense teams, the book explores the unusual few who voluntarily represent society's "worst of the worst."With a compassionate and careful eye, Gould and Barak chronicle the experiences of American lawyers, who--like soldiers or surgeons--operate under the highest of stakes, where verdicts have the power to either "take death off the table" or put clients on "the conveyor belt towards death." These lawyers are a rare breed in a field that is otherwise seen as dirty work and in a system that is overburdened, under-resourced, and overshadowed by social, cultural, and political pressures. Examining the ugliest side of our criminal justice system, Capital Defense offers an up-close perspective on the capital litigation process and its impact on the people who participate in it
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| Other form: | Print version: Gould, Jon B. Capital Defense : Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers. New York : New York University Press, ©2019 9781479873753
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| Standard no.: | 10.18574/9781479806973
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