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Capital DefenseInside the Lives of America's Death Penalty Lawyers\nAuthor(s): Jon B. Gould, Maya Pagni Barak\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479873753, 978-1479873753\nSynopsis\nThe unsung heroes who defend the accused from the ultimate punishment\n 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.\""\n With a compassionate and careful eye, Gould and Barak chronicle the experiences of American lawyers, wholike soldiers or surgeonsoperate under the highest of stak.