Autobiography of an Execution

English

ISBN: 0446562068

EAN: 9780446562065

Category: Social Science / Penology/Biography & Autobiography / General/Biography & Autobiography / Educators/

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Release Date: 02/03/2010

Synopsis: Near the beginning of The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow lays his cards on the table. People think that because I am against the death penalty and dont think people should be executed, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, it isnt my place to forgive people, and if it were, I probably wouldnt. Im a judgmental and not very forgiving guy. Just ask my wife. It this spellbinding True-Crime narrative, Dow takes us inside of prisons, inside the complicated minds of judges, inside execution-administration chambers, into the lives of death row inmates (some shown to be innocent, others not) and even into his own home--where the toll of working on these gnarled and difficult cases is perhaps inevitably paid. He sheds insight onto unexpected phenomena-- how even religious lawyer and justices can evince deep rooted support for putting criminals to death-- and makes palpable the suspense that clings to every word and action when human lives hang in the balance.

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Awards – null 

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Autobiography of an Execution

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 6.25 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 288