{"product_id":"deserving-elizabeth-vartkessian-macmillan-publishers","title":"Deserving - Elizabeth Vartkessian - Macmillan Publishers","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounder and director of nonprofit mitigation team Advancing Real Change Inc., Vartkessian weaves powerful, gripping stories from her extraordinary career into an inspiring argument for dignity in American justice. Her unique experience has taught her that when personal 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid the Trump administration's record-high executions and calls to expand the use of the death penalty after decades of progress, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Deserving\u003c\/span\u003e is required reading for a dangerous new era of rollbacks. Vartkessian offers a compelling, hope-filled vision of true rehabilitation replacing retribution.","brand":"Frames Etc ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62746728038559,"sku":"168505763360","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/9450\/5119\/files\/IMG_4451.jpg?v=1775067751","url":"https:\/\/www.framesetc.net\/products\/deserving-elizabeth-vartkessian-macmillan-publishers","provider":"Frames Etc ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}