Effigy: Images of Capital Defendants

by Allison Cotton and Allison M. Cotton

Book Overview

Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739125516
• ISBN13: 9780739125519
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"