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Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers

Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers

Gould, Jon B.
Barak, Maya Pagni

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1479873756
ISBN13: 9781479873753
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Jun 18 2019
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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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