The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal About American Justice

Bloomsbury presents The Deserving, written and read by Elizabeth Vartkessian. A groundbreaking new take on the American justice system from one of its unknown revolutionaries, offering a powerful new vision of responsibility, punishment, and repair. "The first book I'm aware of to pull back the curtain on a life-saving field most have never heard of: mitigation." --Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, from the foreword Elizabeth Vartkessian works with criminal defense teams as ...