Deathwork [[electronic resource] ] : defending the condemned / / Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. Olive
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| Autore: |
Mello Michael
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| Titolo: |
Deathwork [[electronic resource] ] : defending the condemned / / Michael Mello ; foreword by Mark E. Olive
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 345.73/0772 |
| Soggetto topico: | Lawyers - United States |
| Defense (Criminal procedure) - United States | |
| Capital punishment - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Deathwork |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-9446-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452178303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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