Shirley Dicks

Death Row

Interviews with Inmates, Their Families and Opponents of Capital Punishment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The 34 chapters in this book are largely composed of interviews--with the men on death row, with individuals fighting the death penalty, and with the families of the condemned. Several chapters also cover such topics as the execution of juveniles, mentally retarded individuals and Vietnam veterans, ineffective legal counsel and racist criminal justice systems, botched executions, and executions carried out despite the contrary wishes of prosecutors and victims' families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780786469437
• ISBN-10: 0786469439
• Artikelnr.: 34444604

Autorenporträt

Shirley Dicks is the author of 12 books, which are listed on her website at www.shirleydicks.org. She lives in Beechgrove, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Part I. Fighting the Death Penalty
1. Joe Ingle     
2. Mary Kaki Friskics-Warren     
3. Harmon Wray     
4. Jeff Blum     
5. Watt Espy     
6. Patricia Smith     
7. Richard Moran     
8. The Execution of Juvenile Offenders     
9. The Execution of Vietnam Veterans     
10. Marie Deans     
11. Racism and the Death Penalty     
12. Ineffective Trial Representation     
13. Execution by Default     
14. Executions Despite the Wishes of Prosecutors and Victims' Families     
15. Botched Executions     
16. Hugo Bedau     
17. Victor Streib     
Part II. The Men on Death Row
18. Richard Simon     
19. Don Johnson     
20. Cecil Johnson     
21. Billy Groseclose     
22. Gary Cone     
23. Mr. D.     
24. Ron Harries     
25. Kenneth O'Guinn     
26. Byron Parker     
27. Fred Coffee, Jr.     
28. Jeff Dicks     
Part III. The Families of the Condemned
29. Rose Williams-Mother     
30. Dovie Page-Mother     
31. Georgia Barber-Mother     
32. Tina Mathews-Grandmother     
33. Dawn & Tanya Perry-Daughters     
34. Shirley Dicks-Mother     
Bibliography     
Index