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Capital Defense – Inside the Lives of America`s Death Penalty Lawyers

Autor Jon B. Gould, Maya Pagni Barak
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 iun 2019
The unsung heroes who defend the accused from the ultimate punishment
What 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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ISBN-13: 9781479873753
ISBN-10: 1479873756
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 161 x 236 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: MI – New York University

Notă biografică

Jon B. Gould (Author)
Jon B. Gould is Dean of the School of Social Ecology and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of four books, including The Innocence Commission: Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Restoring the Criminal Justice System and Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of Americäs Death Penalty Attorneys.
Maya Pagni Barak (Author)
Maya Pagni Barak is Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and an affiliate of Women¿s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She is the co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers.