Fighting for Their Lives: Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys
Susannah Sheffer
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Description for Fighting for Their Lives: Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; LAT; LNFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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, Fighting for Their Lives explores this emotional territory for the first time. What it is like for these capital defenders in their last visits or phone calls with clients who are about to be taken to the execution chamber? Or the next mornings, in their lives with their families, in their dreams and flashbacks and moments alone in the car? What is it like ... Read more
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, Fighting for Their Lives explores this emotional territory for the first time. What it is like for these capital defenders in their last visits or phone calls with clients who are about to be taken to the execution chamber? Or the next mornings, in their lives with their families, in their dreams and flashbacks and moments alone in the car? What is it like ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826519115
SKU
V9780826519115
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Reviews for Fighting for Their Lives: Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys
This is an important book. The death penalty's impact is so much broader than we realize, and these attorneys are affected in ways that even I had not imagined. I am grateful to Susannah Sheffer for bringing these stories to light. - Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents ""Susannah Sheffer is ... Read more