Thwarting Death: A Legal Culture of Resistance Among Colorado Death Penalty Defense Lawyers

Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
	A Legal Culture of Resistance
	Why Study Death Penalty Defense Lawyer Culture?
	Why Study Colorado Death Penalty Defense Lawyers?
	Participants, Methods and Layout of This Book
2 Seeds of Resistance: Skepticism and Questioning of the Government
	Pre-College Years
	The College Years
	Outliers
	Conclusion
3 The Socializing Experiences of Law School & Internships
	Internships for the Criminal Defense Minded
	Internships for Those Finding Their Way
	Interning with the Prosecutors Then the Defense
	Conclusion
4 Empathy & Moral Anger: The Emotional Components of a Legal Culture of Resistance
	Empathy in Death Penalty Defense Work
	Empathy and the Client
	Empathy, Victim’s Families and Society
		Moral Anger Towards the Death Penalty
	Conclusion
5 Active Resistance—Creating Ideological Boundaries and the Fight Within
	Judges
	Prosecutors
	Adequacy of Resources
	Aggressive Litigation Strategies: An Overview
	Mitigation
	Litigation
	Conclusion
6 Sacrifice Within a Culture of Resistance
	Conclusion
7 Conclusion
Epilog