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020			_a9781479805174 (pb : alk. paper)
020			_a1479805173 (pb : alk. paper)
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050	1	4	_aKF 9227 _bG697c 2025
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100	1		_aGould, Jon B. _945103
245	1	0	_aCapital defense : _binside the lives of America's death penalty lawyers / _cJon B. Gould and Maya Pagni Barak.
250			_aPaperback edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York Unviersity Press, _c2025
300			_av, 287 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aBehind the curtain : if people mess up, my client may die? -- A cruel and unusual job : you've got someone's life in your hand? -- Race and identity : it's not always what we think? -- The client : everyone is more than the worst thing they ever did? -- Gender dynamics : I'm your lawyer? -- The toll : you can't just turn it off? -- Defending the defenders : I've helped the lowest of the law. . . . I'm proud of doing that?
520			_a"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."-- Publisher's website
650		0	_aCapital punishment _zUnited States.
650		4	_aPena de muerte _zEstados Unidos _911812
650		0	_aDefense (Criminal procedure) _zUnited States.
650		4	_aDefensa (Procedimiento penal) _zEstados Unidos _911320
700	1		_aBarak, Maya Pagni _945167
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