A new book, ​“The Inferno: A Southern Morality Tale,” by Joseph Ingle, chron­i­cles the com­pelling sto­ry of Philip Workman, who was exe­cut­ed in Tennessee in 2007. The author, a min­is­ter of the United Church of Christ who has spent decades work­ing with those on death row, served as Mr. Workman’s pas­tor and tells the sto­ry from his own view­point, as well as those of oth­ers famil­iar with the case. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, called The Inferno ​“the most detailed, inti­mate and com­plete look at a death row pris­on­er that I have encoun­tered.” Workman’s case gained atten­tion because of seri­ous doubts about his guilt. His con­vic­tion was based large­ly on the tes­ti­mo­ny of a sin­gle eye­wit­ness, who lat­er admit­ted he was not present at the scene of the crime. Sr. Prejean said, ​“This is a remark­able book … that will leave your soul trans­formed.” The book will be released April 2 and is avail­able for pre-order through Amazon​.com.

(J. Ingle, ​“The Inferno: A Southern Morality Tale,” Westview Publishing, Inc., 2012; post­ed Mar. 29, 2012.) See Innocence. Find more Books on the death penalty.

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