Capital defense: inside the lives of America's death penalty lawyers

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 penal...

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Autores principales: Gould, Jon B. (Autor) ; Barak, Maya Pagni (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York New York Unviersity Press [2019]
En:Año: 2019
Acceso en línea: Índice
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UB: KB 21 A 1749
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Capital Punishment > United States
Defense (Criminal procedure) > United States
Todesstrafe
Abwehr
Rechtsanwalt
Usa
USA > Rechtssystem > Rechtsanwalt > Prozess > Todesstrafe > Interview
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:v, 287 Seiten
ISBN:978-1-4798-7375-3
1-4798-7375-6