| International Standard Book Number |
9781639731398
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| International Standard Book Number |
1639731393
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| Personal Name |
Vartkessian, Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth Stanislawa), 1981- author.
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| Title Statement |
The deserving : what the lives of the condemned reveal about American justice / Elizabeth Vartkessian ; foreword by Sister Helen Prejean.
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| Imprint |
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xiv, 271 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Elizabeth Vartkessian works with criminal defense teams as a mitigation specialist. She isn't part of the Innocence Project; her clients are often legally guilty, and often of terrible crimes. Rather,her job is to spend hundreds of hours per case talking to the parents, siblings, teachers, and neighbors of a defendant, situating their crimes in context. Founder and director of nonprofit mitigation team Advancing Real Change Inc., Vartkessian weaves powerful, grippingstories from her ... career into an inspiring argument for dignity in American justice. Her unique experience has taught her that whenpersonal or generational trauma enters the body, it finds its way out eventually, sometimes through violence. She contends that we cannot hold her clients solely responsible for their actions, nor can we continue to stomach harsh penalties that deny real justice to perpetrators and victims alike"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Psychic trauma Case studies.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Defense (Criminal procedure) United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Capital punishment United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Generational trauma Case studies.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Criminal liability United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Death row inmates Psychology.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prison psychology.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Extenuating circumstances United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Criminal liability Moral and ethical aspects United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Criminal liability Social aspects United States.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Prejean, Helen, writer of foreword.
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