Angel of Death Row (2010) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Deirdre: Add a description of this character.
• Juliette
• Mike
• Richard Bauman
• Milton Johnson
• Annette: accused of murdering her daughter, very poor
• Jimmy: Annette's boyfriend, worked two jobs
• Russell
• Pete
• Delgado
• Andrea Lyon: Defense attorney/author
• Lincoln Freeman
• Judge Novak
• Samantha
• Pinckney
• Jose
• Jamie
• Mama
• Thomas Sewell
• Isaac
• Anthony
• Dee
• Arnie
• Bill
• Gavin
• Mort
• Smithson
• Cherise
• Vega
• Steve
• Shalenski
• Evelyn
• Randy
• Lonnie Fields
• Renee
• Mr. Leland
• Duran
• Mrs. Reynaud
• Cortez
• Ortiz
• Vanek
• Mr. Doherty

Quotes edit see section history

• “My final reason for writing this book is to reveal the humanity that our criminal justice system so vigorously strives to deny.”

  Written by the author, Andrea D. Lyon

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• I believed, and still believe, that every person amounts to more than the worst thing he or she has ever done.

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• Redemption is possible. As long as there is life, even if it is a life in prison with no chance of parole, there is hope for change.

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• Redemption is always possible, even for the unrepentant, but death puts an end to all possibilities.

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• My foe is a criminal justice system that, despite common belief, gives enormous advantage to the prosecution and stacks the cards according to wealth, race, and social status.

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• We represent the “guilty,” therefore, in order to prevent injustice to the innocent.

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• It is always distressing when the guilty go free. But it is a price we must pay for ensuring that the innocent are only rarely convicted.

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• “How can you defend those people?” I answer that I am representing an ideal as well as a person. The ideal is justice, the principle that every accused person has a right to a vigorous defense. The State should be able to convict someone only with solid proof. Otherwise, we have no democracy.

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• There is a reason why many of us can still remember show-and-tell in kindergarten, and a reason why elementary school teachers still practice this ritual. Showing is as important, if not more important, than telling.

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• “The only way to change this country is by reforming it from the inside.”

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• We also represent the guilty to ensure that the government is always challenged, that it never gets sloppy, lazy, or corrupt. If our legal system were ever permitted to act on the statistical assumption that the vast majority of defendants are guilty, prosecutors would grow less careful about whom they charged with crime, and the statistics might become reversed, as they have in some autocratic regimes.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Charlotte
• Chicago
• Shania
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Antioch
• Washington
• Springfield
• Evanston

First Sentence edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Andrea D. Lyon (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Alan M. Dershowitz (Foreword)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 345.77301

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Although written for adults, young adults may find this interesting

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › True Crime
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Lawyers & Judges
• Books › Law › Law Practice
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs

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