Books
May 17, 2007
“Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa: A Human Rights Perspective” is a new book by Lilian Chenwi that examines the history of capital punishment in Africa and the continent’s emerging trend away from the death penalty. In …
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May 09, 2007
In “Dead Wrong: Violence, Vengeance, and the Victims of Capital Punishment,” author Richard Stack uses cases to examine three of the main causes of wrongful convictions — mistaken eyewitness testimony, official misconduct, and incompetent counsel.…
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Mar 08, 2007
Litigating in the Shadow of Death by the late Welsh White is an absorbing account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants. The author brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the …
Books
Mar 07, 2007
In her book, “Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South,” University of Memphis professor Margaret Vandiver explores the complex relationship between these two forms of punishment and challenges the assumption that executions …
Books
Feb 28, 2007
In “Last Words From Death Row: The Walls Unit,” Norma Herrera recounts the tribulations she and her family suffered as they worked to free her brother, Leonel, from death row in Texas. The book documents court events and press coverage of the case…
