Nineteen times she has represented a client found guilty of capital murder. Nineteen times she has argued for that individual's life to be spared. Nineteen times she has succeeded.Dubbed the "Angel of Death Row" by the Chicago Tribune, Andrea Lyon was the first woman to try a case for the Homicide Task Force of the Chicago Defender's Office, and the fi rst woman to serve as a lead attorney on a death penalty case. In total, she has argued more than 130 cases, all for clients who could not afford a lawyer. For the first time, Lyon shares her story and those of her clients, from her early work as a Legal Aid attorney to her founding of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases. Full of courtroom drama, tragedy, and redemption, Angel of Death Row reveals how Lyon honed the trial techniques that have changed the face of the defense bar.Featured in the PBS documentary Race to Execution, which was viewed by more than one million people, and on Oprah, Good Morning America, and a host of other shows, Lyon is a courageous and fascinating spokesperson whose story will inspire lawyers, law students, people against the death penalty, and women's advocacy groups.