In her new book, Execution’s Doorstep: The True Stories of the Innocent and Near Damned, author Leslie Lytle pro­vides a com­pelling nar­ra­tive recount­ing the har­row­ing jour­neys of five inno­cent men who spent many years on death row. Through exten­sive research and inter­views, Lytle has suc­ceed­ed in reveal­ing the deep pain and suf­fer­ing that such injus­tice yields, putting a human face to the recur­ring prob­lem of inno­cence on death row. The book explores all aspects of the cas­es, from the crime and the tri­als to the time spent on death row and the dif­fi­cult strug­gle to adjust to life out­side of a max­i­mum secu­ri­ty prison. Through the sto­ries of these five men, Lytle pro­vides read­ers with a pen­e­trat­ing look at America’s crim­i­nal jus­tice and cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment sys­tems, show­ing their fallibility.

Leslie Lytle is the Executive Director of the Cumberland Center for Justice and Peace. (Northeastern Univ. Press 2008). To date, 130 men and women have been exon­er­at­ed from death row since 1973. See Innocence and Books.

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