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Fighting for their lives : inside the experience of capital defense attorneys / Susannah Sheffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheffer, Susannah, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- Lawyers--United States.
- Lawyers.
- Practice of law--United States.
- Practice of law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Intimate conversations with the dedicated lawyers who try, but too often fail, to prevent executions.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Challenges of Capital Defense
- 2. The Motivations
- 3. The Responsibility
- 4. The Fighting
- 5. The Impact
- 6. Not Talking
- 7. The Victories
- 8. The Relationship
- 9. Getting Out
- 10. Staying In
- Epilogue
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826502827
- 0826502822
- 9781283960113
- 1283960117
- 9780826519122
- 0826519121
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