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An account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, this book brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. It explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.

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A unique and profoundly important contribution to the literature on the death penalty. White allows the leading capital defense attorneys to speak in their own voices. His work reveals a new source of arbitrariness in the death system - whether the penalty is imposed turns more on who is your lawyer than on how evil was your deed or your character.... This is vivid, gripping stuff. - Andrew Taslitz, Professor of Law, Howard University

Litigating in the Shadow of Death

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472069118, 978-0472069118
      ISBN10: 047206911X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, this book brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. It explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.

      Trade Review
      A unique and profoundly important contribution to the literature on the death penalty. White allows the leading capital defense attorneys to speak in their own voices. His work reveals a new source of arbitrariness in the death system - whether the penalty is imposed turns more on who is your lawyer than on how evil was your deed or your character.... This is vivid, gripping stuff. - Andrew Taslitz, Professor of Law, Howard University

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