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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.

・ISBN 978-1-4798-0517-4 paper US$ 25.00

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著者・編者Gould, Jon B. / Barak, Maya Pagni,
出版社 (New York University Press, US)
出版年月2025
ページ数277 pp.
言語ENG
ニュース番号<A03-73830>

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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.