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“Tell the Client’s Story is an indispensable guide for lawyers and other professionals to the challenging and important work of developing and presenting mitigation evidence in criminal and especially capital cases. The individual chapters are authored by many of the top experts in the field, whose combined litigation experience totals many decades. This well-organized and readable volume offers step-by-step guidance on how to theorize, collect, and present mitigation evidence. Chapters cover crucial topics such as conducting voir dire, developing case theories, building successful client relationships, pursuing investigation and discovery strategies, presenting neuroscience and other expert evidence, and dealing with the media. The authors include several helpful appendices, including a sample “Capital Case Review Form,” “Mitigation Timeline,” and “Sample Social History,” among other useful templates. The authors incorporate references to legal cases and standards, legal scholarship, and social science in a clear, concise, and accessible fashion. No mitigation team should be without this volume, which is destined to become an instant “go-to” reference work for lawyers, mitigation specialists, and those who train or work with them.”