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Aug 27, 2007

BOOKS: New Book Examines the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

A new book by Bruce Watson exam­ines the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immi­grants whose guilt remains in seri­ous doubt eight decades after Massachusetts car­ried out their death sen­tences. The book, Sacco & Vanzet…

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Jul 11, 2007

BOOKS: Warrior Within” Details Life on Texas’ Death Row

A new book by Charles D. Flores details his per­son­al expe­ri­ence as an inmate on Texas’ death row. The book, Warrior Within: Inside Report on Texas Death Row, pro­vides a first-hand account of Flores’ death penal­ty tri­al and his expe­ri­ences a…

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Jun 20, 2007

BOOKS: DeathQuest III by Robert Bohm

In the third edi­tion of what some have called the first true text­book on the death penal­ty,” author Robert Bohm, a cor­rec­tion­al offi­cer turned col­lege pro­fes­sor, engages the read­er with a full account of the argu­ments and issues sur­round­ing capit…

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Jun 14, 2007

BOOKS: The Big Eddy Club” Explores Race and the Death Penalty

In his new book, The Big Eddy Club: The Stocking Stranglings and Southern Justice,” author David Rose exam­ines issues of race and the death penal­ty. The book relates the sto­ry of Carlton Gary, who was con­vict­ed of cap­i­tal mur­der in 1986 an…