Fighting for Their Lives : Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys /

How do attorneys who represent clients facing the death penalty cope with the stress and trauma of their work? Through conversations with twenty of the most experienced and dedicated post-conviction capital defenders in the United States, this book explores this emotional territory. What it is like...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sheffer, Susannah, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville, TN : Vanderbilt University Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Practice of law.
Lawyers.
Capital punishment.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Droit > Pratique > États-Unis.
Avocats > États-Unis.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Practice of law > United States.
Lawyers > United States.
Capital punishment > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Challenges of Capital Defense
  • The Motivations
  • The Responsibility
  • The Fighting
  • The Impact
  • Not Talking
  • The Victories
  • The Relationship
  • Getting Out
  • Staying In
  • Epilogue.

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