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02974aam a2200373 i 4500 001 FB2201FC101A11EA8DA14E4D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191126010151 008 180604s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018026987 020 $a 1479873756 020 $a 9781479873753 035 $a (OCoLC)1039210652 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d YDX $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF9227.C2 $b G685 2019 100 1 $a Gould, Jon B., $e author. 245 10 $a Capital defense : $b inside the lives of America's death penalty lawyers / $c Jon B. Gould and Maya Pagni Barak. 264 1 $a New York : $b New York Unviersity Press, $c [2019] 300 $a v, 287 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Behind the curtain : "if people mess up, my client may die" -- A cruel and unusual job : "you've got someone's life in your hands" -- 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 8 $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. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z United States. 650 0 $a Defense (Criminal procedure) $z United States. 650 7 $a Capital punishment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00846392 650 7 $a Defense (Criminal procedure) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00889602 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 700 1 $a Barak, Maya Pagni, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20200319010243.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318013020.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB2201FC101A11EA8DA14E4D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search