Angel of death row
Subtitle: my life as a death penalty defense lawyer
By: Andrea D. Lyon ; foreword by Alan M. Dershowitz
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781607144342
Description: "Now, for the first time, Lyon shares her story, from her early work at the public defender's office to her founding of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases. Full of courtroom drama, tragedy, and redemption, 'Angel of Death Row' is a remarkable inside look at what drives Lyon to defend those who seem indefensible--and to win"--Page 2 of cover.
Table of contents: title: Lyon for the defense; title: Enough pain to go around; title: Fighting for a client bent on losing; title: Judge misogyny; title: Differences that divide; title: I didn't know I couldn't do that; title: Mothers and children; title: The pregnant woman defense; title: Life and redemption; title: Supreme judgments; title: Whose case is it, anyway?; title: Injustice is my business.