"No outside journalist can adequately report what happens inside death row or what it is like to live through thirty-three executions of people you know. Lyle C. May has spent more than twenty-five years of his life on North Carolina's congregate death row. May's grounded writings in Witness challenge the myths, misconceptions, and misinformation about the criminal legal system and death in prison. With a foreword by activist, lawyer, and professor Danielle Purifoy, and drawing on the work of Angela Y. Davis, Mariame Kaba, and other abolitionist scholars, Witness shows there is more to life…mehr
"No outside journalist can adequately report what happens inside death row or what it is like to live through thirty-three executions of people you know. Lyle C. May has spent more than twenty-five years of his life on North Carolina's congregate death row. May's grounded writings in Witness challenge the myths, misconceptions, and misinformation about the criminal legal system and death in prison. With a foreword by activist, lawyer, and professor Danielle Purifoy, and drawing on the work of Angela Y. Davis, Mariame Kaba, and other abolitionist scholars, Witness shows there is more to life under the sentence of death than what is portrayed in crime dramas or mass media. May's life, journalism, and activism are a guidebook to abolitionism in practice." --back cover.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lyle C. May is an Ohio University alum, member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, and member of the Author’s Guild. His writing regularly appears in Scalawag Magazine and he guest lectures at universities, high schools, and academic conferences around the US. To sign up for May's newsletter or to contact him, visit www.LyleCMay.com.
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Section A—State of Violence: Capital Punishment and Death Row On Death Row, Eating to Live A Confirmation of Faith Secrecy and the Death Penalty Beyond the wall Death Row Phenomenon Jesus as a Man on Death Row Learning to Die Section B—Carceral State: Life imprisonment Life Without Parole is a Silent Execution A Tale of Two Henrys Paroling Michael Pinch Death by Incarceration Mob Mentality and Politics: The viral space where bad laws are made Section C—Culture of Control: Higher Education and Prison Journalism Draconian Ideals Obstructing Reform Resilience and Resistance Freeing the Press in Prison Prison Journalism: Fighting the Narrative of Control NC Innocence Inquiry Commission Does Not Save Every Innocent of Death Row Section D—Witness: Speaking Out The Digital Abolitionist Twitter Feed: Lisa Montgomery Science vs. Anti-Intellectualism and the Death Penalty Inside the Tinderbox: COVID-19 in Prison The Economics of Capital Punishment Qualified Immunity When the Thermometer Breaks The Myth of Deterrence No Man Left Behind Section E. Activism Front Line Snapshots of Activism On Retaliation against Incarcerated Writers The Hole: To Live Means to Resist The Fury of Our Resistance
Section A—State of Violence: Capital Punishment and Death Row On Death Row, Eating to Live A Confirmation of Faith Secrecy and the Death Penalty Beyond the wall Death Row Phenomenon Jesus as a Man on Death Row Learning to Die Section B—Carceral State: Life imprisonment Life Without Parole is a Silent Execution A Tale of Two Henrys Paroling Michael Pinch Death by Incarceration Mob Mentality and Politics: The viral space where bad laws are made Section C—Culture of Control: Higher Education and Prison Journalism Draconian Ideals Obstructing Reform Resilience and Resistance Freeing the Press in Prison Prison Journalism: Fighting the Narrative of Control NC Innocence Inquiry Commission Does Not Save Every Innocent of Death Row Section D—Witness: Speaking Out The Digital Abolitionist Twitter Feed: Lisa Montgomery Science vs. Anti-Intellectualism and the Death Penalty Inside the Tinderbox: COVID-19 in Prison The Economics of Capital Punishment Qualified Immunity When the Thermometer Breaks The Myth of Deterrence No Man Left Behind Section E. Activism Front Line Snapshots of Activism On Retaliation against Incarcerated Writers The Hole: To Live Means to Resist The Fury of Our Resistance
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