02407nam 2200589 a 450 991045217830332120200520144314.00-8166-9446-X(CKB)1000000000346792(EBL)310602(OCoLC)560185846(SSID)ssj0000278514(PQKBManifestationID)11255528(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278514(PQKBWorkID)10257933(PQKB)11611925(MiAaPQ)EBC310602(MdBmJHUP)muse38967(Au-PeEL)EBL310602(CaPaEBR)ebr10151179(CaONFJC)MIL522829(EXLCZ)99100000000034679220020513d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDeathwork[electronic resource] defending the condemned /Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. OliveMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20021 online resource (338 p.)Includes index.0-8166-4088-2 0-8166-4087-4 The law's machinery of death -- Death clerk -- The aging hit man : Anthony Antone -- Executing the insane : Alvin Ford -- The electric chair : Bob Sullivan -- Racism : James Adams and James Dupree Henry -- Executing juveniles : Paul Magill -- The poet : Stephen Todd Booker -- The landmark case : Jim Hitchcock -- My roommate : Joseph Green Brown -- The innocent man : Bennie Demps -- Missing in action : David Funchess -- Poorhouse justice : David Washington -- Killed by a legal technicality : Ronald Straight.Michael Mello, a capital public defender, tells us the stories behind the cases that make up Deathwork, a moment-by-moment, behind-the-scenes look at the life and work of a death row lawyer and his clients.LawyersUnited StatesBiographyDefense (Criminal procedure)United StatesCapital punishmentUnited StatesElectronic books.LawyersDefense (Criminal procedure)Capital punishment345.73/0772Mello Michael901234MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452178303321Deathwork2042083UNINA