Murder By Lethal Injection

Author : Matt Weiland,Sean Wilsey
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780062043573

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State by State by Matt Weiland,Sean Wilsey Pdf

Inspired by Depression-era travel guides, an anthology of essays on each of the fifty states, plus Washington, D.C., by some of America’s finest writers. State by State is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation. Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey Dave Eggers tells it straight: Illinois is Number 1 Louise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota Jonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York’s publicist . . . and personal attorney . . . and historian . . . and geologist John Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a “Massachusettsean” Edward P. Jones makes the case: D.C. should be a state! Jhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast Rich Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway, exit by exit Ann Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee William T. Vollman visits a San Francisco S&M club And many more Praise for State by State An NPR Best Book of the Year “The full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory.” —The New Yorker “Odds are, you’ll fall for every state a little.” —Los Angeles Times

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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So Long as They Die by Anonim Pdf

Recommendations. To state and federal corrections agencies - To state legislators and the U.S. Congress. -- I. Development of lethal injection protocols. Oklahoma - Texas - Tennessee - Lethal injection machines - Public access to lethal injection protocols. -- II. Lethal injection drugs. Potassium chloride - Pancuronium bromide - Sodium thiopental - The failure to review protocols. -- III. Lethal injection procedures. Qualifications of execution team - Checking the IV equipment - Level of anesthesia not monitored. -- IV. Physician participation in executions and medical ethics. -- V. Case study: Morales v. Hickman. -- VI. Botched executions. -- VII. International human rights and U.S. constitutional law. International human rights law - U.S. Constitutional law. -- Appendix A: State Execution Methods. -- Acknowledgements.

Author : Paula Bernstein
Publisher : Third Street Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781948142380

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Murder by Lethal Injection by Paula Bernstein Pdf

A brutal murder in the operating suite of an exclusive Beverly Hills hospital is investigated by obstetrician Hannah Kline and her recent lover, Los Angeles police detective Daniel Ross. Hannah Kline and Daniel Ross are taking a well-earned, romantic vacation when their idyll is disrupted by an encounter with Dr. Wesley Templeton, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, and ex-husband of Hannah’s college roommate, Sara. Two weeks later, Templeton is found murdered at West Beverly Hospital. Everyone with opportunity appears to have no motive, and the long list of people with motives, lack opportunity. Sara is definitely on the suspect list, but Hannah is sure her old friend isn’t capable of murder and decides to do some investigating on her own. In the meantime, an increasingly desperate killer is killing again and again.

Author : United States. Bureau of Prisons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : UOM:39015039726784

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NPS Bulletin by United States. Bureau of Prisons Pdf

Author : Megan Manzano
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534502130

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The Death Penalty by Megan Manzano Pdf

Is capital punishment morally justified? Although the issue generates strong opinions, there are no easy answers when it comes to taking the life of a human being. Supporters of the death penalty believe it deters law-breaking and is the only punishment strong enough for horrific crimes such as child murder and genocide. Opponents argue that it violates human rights and point to its finality in the face of judicial system error and unfairness. This resource presents a fascinating progression of current viewpoints that reflect the many facets of the death penalty debate.

Author : Brandon Garrett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674970991

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End of Its Rope by Brandon Garrett Pdf

Today, death sentences in the U.S. are as rare as lightning strikes. Brandon Garrett shows us the reasons why, and explains what the failed death penalty experiment teaches about the effect of inept lawyering, overzealous prosecution, race discrimination, wrongful convictions, and excessive punishments throughout the criminal justice system.

Author : Hans Toch,James R. Acker,Vincent Martin Bonventre
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1433829002

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Living on Death Row by Hans Toch,James R. Acker,Vincent Martin Bonventre Pdf

PROSE Award Finalist for Psychology This book synthesizes scholarly reflections with personal accounts from prison administrators and inmates to show the harsh reality of life on death row.

Author : Maurice Chammah
Publisher : Crown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781524760281

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Let the Lord Sort Them by Maurice Chammah Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America “If you’re one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something can, this is a story of how it does.”—Anand Giridharadas, The New York Times Book Review WINNER OF THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS AWARD In 1972, the United States Supreme Court made a surprising ruling: the country’s death penalty system violated the Constitution. The backlash was swift, especially in Texas, where executions were considered part of the cultural fabric, and a dark history of lynching was masked by gauzy visions of a tough-on-crime frontier. When executions resumed, Texas quickly became the nationwide leader in carrying out the punishment. Then, amid a larger wave of criminal justice reform, came the death penalty’s decline, a trend so durable that even in Texas the punishment appears again close to extinction. In Let the Lord Sort Them, Maurice Chammah charts the rise and fall of capital punishment through the eyes of those it touched. We meet Elsa Alcala, the orphaned daughter of a Mexican American family who found her calling as a prosecutor in the nation’s death penalty capital, before becoming a judge on the state’s highest court. We meet Danalynn Recer, a lawyer who became obsessively devoted to unearthing the life stories of men who committed terrible crimes, and fought for mercy in courtrooms across the state. We meet death row prisoners—many of them once-famous figures like Henry Lee Lucas, Gary Graham, and Karla Faye Tucker—along with their families and the families of their victims. And we meet the executioners, who struggle openly with what society has asked them to do. In tracing these interconnected lives against the rise of mass incarceration in Texas and the country as a whole, Chammah explores what the persistence of the death penalty tells us about forgiveness and retribution, fairness and justice, history and myth. Written with intimacy and grace, Let the Lord Sort Them is the definitive portrait of a particularly American institution.

Author : Jon Sorensen,Rocky LeAnn Pilgrim
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292756175

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Lethal Injection by Jon Sorensen,Rocky LeAnn Pilgrim Pdf

Few state issues have attracted as much controversy and national attention as the application of the death penalty in Texas. In the years since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, Texas has led the nation in passing death sentences and executing prisoners. The vigor with which Texas has implemented capital punishment has, however, raised more than a few questions. Why has Texas been so fervent in pursuing capital punishment? Has an aggressive death penalty produced any benefits? Have dangerous criminals been deterred? Have rights been trampled in the process and, most importantly, have innocents been executed? These important questions form the core of Lethal Injection: Capital Punishment in Texas during the Modern Era. This book is the first comprehensive empirical study of Texas's system of capital punishment in the modern era. Jon Sorensen and Rocky Pilgrim use a wealth of information gathered from formerly confidential prisoner records and a variety of statistical sources to test and challenge traditional preconceptions concerning racial bias, deterrence, guilt, and the application of capital punishment in this state. The results of their balanced analysis may surprise many who have followed the recent debate on this important issue.

Author : Petra Schmidt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004124217

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Capital Punishment in Japan by Petra Schmidt Pdf

This book provides an overview of capital punishment in Japan in a legal, historical, social, cultural and political context. It provides new insights into the system, challenges traditional views and arguments and seeks the real reasons behind the retention of capital punishment in Japan.

Author : Ron Fridell
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761415874

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Capital Punishment by Ron Fridell Pdf

Presents divergent viewpoints on capital punishment in the United States.

Author : M. Watt Espy,John Ortiz Smykla,Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Publisher : Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018327125

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Executions in the United States, 1608-1987 by M. Watt Espy,John Ortiz Smykla,Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Pdf

This study furnishes data on executions performed in the United States under civil authority. It includes a description of each individual executed and the circumstances surrounding the crime for which the person was convicted. Variables include age, race, name, sex, and occupation of the offender, place, jurisdiction, date and method of execution and the crime for which the offender was executed.

Author : Michael Radelet
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781607325123

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The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado by Michael Radelet Pdf

In The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado, noted death penalty scholar Michael Radelet chronicles the details of each capital punishment trial and execution that has taken place in Colorado since 1859. The book describes the debates and struggles that Coloradans have had over the use of the death penalty, placing the cases of the 103 men whose sentences were carried out and 100 more who were never executed into the context of a gradual worldwide trend away from this form of punishment. For more than 150 years, Coloradans have been deeply divided about the death penalty, with regular questions about whether it should be expanded, restricted, or eliminated. It has twice been abolished, but both times state lawmakers reinstated the contentious punitive measure. Prison administrators have contributed to this debate, with some refusing to participate in executions and some lending their voices to abolition efforts. Colorado has also had a rich history of experimenting with execution methods, first hanging prisoners in public and then, starting in 1890, using the "twitch-up gallows" for four decades. In 1933, Colorado began using a gas chamber and eventually moved to lethal injection in the 1990s. Based on meticulous archival research in official state archives, library records, and multimedia sources, The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado, will inform the conversation on both sides of the issue anywhere the future of the death penalty is under debate.

Author : Rev. Carroll Pickett,Carlton Stowers
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Within These Walls by Rev. Carroll Pickett,Carlton Stowers Pdf

FORMER TEXAS PRISON CHAPLAIN REV. CARROLL PICKETT, WORKING WITH TWO-TIME EDGAR AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CARLTON STOWERS, PROVIDES THIS ELOQUENT, UNFLINCHING LOOK AT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Within These Walls is the powerful memoir of Rev. Carroll Pickett, who spent fifteen years as the death house chaplain at “The Walls,” the Huntsville unit of the Texas prison system. In that capacity, Reverend Pickett ministered to ninety-five men before they were put to death by lethal injection. They came with sinister nicknames like “The Candy Man” and “The Good Samaritan Killer,” some contrite, some angry—a few who might even have been innocent. All of them found in Reverend Pickett their last chance for an unbiased confessor who would look at them only as fellow humans, not simply as the convicted criminals the rest of society had already dismissed them as. This firsthand experience gave Reverend Pickett the unique insight needed to write an impassioned statement on the realities of capital punishment in America. The result is a thought-provoking and compelling book that takes the reader inside the criminal mind, inside the execution chamber, and inside the heart of a remarkable man who shares his thoughts and observations not only about capital punishment, but about the dark world of prison society

Author : Jody Lyneé Madeira
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814724552

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Killing McVeigh by Jody Lyneé Madeira Pdf

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a two-ton truck bomb that felled the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. On June 11, 2001, an unprecedented 242 witnesses watched him die by lethal injection. In the aftermath of the bombings, American public commentary almost immediately turned to “closure” rhetoric. Reporters and audiences alike speculated about whether victim’s family members and survivors could get closure from memorial services, funerals, legislation, monuments, trials, and executions. But what does “closure” really mean for those who survive—or lose loved ones in—traumatic acts? In the wake of such terrifying events, is closure a realistic or appropriate expectation? In Killing McVeigh, Jody Lyneé Madeira uses the Oklahoma City bombing as a case study to explore how family members and other survivors come to terms with mass murder. As the fullest case study to date of the Oklahoma City Bombing survivors’ struggle for justice and the first-ever case study of closure, this book describes the profound human and institutional impacts of these labors to demonstrate the importance of understanding what closure really is before naively asserting it can or has been reached.