Death Row: The Final Minutes - My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison (Hardcover)

In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville's Walls Unit, where she recorded and relayed the final moments of death row inmates' lives before they were put to death by the state. Michelle was in the death chamber as some of the United States' most notorious criminals, including serial killers and rapists, spoke their last words on earth, while a cocktail of lethal drugs surged through their veins. Michelle supported the death penalty, before misgivings began to set in as the executions mounted. During her time in the prison system, and together with her dear friend and colleague, Larry Fitzgerald, she came to know and like some of the condemned men and women she saw die. She began to query the arbitrary nature of the death penalty and ask the question: do executions make victims of all of us? An incredibly powerful and unique look at the complex story of capital punishment, as told by those whose lives have been shaped by it, Death Row: The Final Minutes is an important take on crime and punishment at a fascinating point in America's political history.

General

Imprint:	Blink Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2018
Authors:	Michelle Lyons
Dimensions:	240 x 162 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-911600-62-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Fiction > True stories > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-911600-62-1
Barcode:	9781911600626

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