The Autobiography of an Execution (平装)

分類: 图书,进口原版书,Biographies & Memoirs(传记与自传),
品牌: David R. Dow
基本信息出版社:Twelve (2011年2月16日)平装:320页正文语种:英语ISBN:0446562076条形码:9780446562072ASIN:0446562076商品描述内容简介Near the beginning ofThe Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow lays his cards on the table. "People think that because I am against the death penalty and don't think people should be executed, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, it isn't my place to forgive people, and if it were, I probably wouldn't. I'm a judgmental and not very forgiving guy. Just ask my wife."
It this spellbinding true crime narrative, Dow takes us inside of prisons, inside the complicated minds of judges, inside execution-administration chambers, into the lives of death row inmates (some shown to be innocent, others not) and even into his own home--where the toll of working on these gnarled and difficult cases is perhaps inevitably paid. He sheds insight onto unexpected phenomena-- how even religious lawyer and justices can evince deep rooted support for putting criminals to death-- and makes palpable the suspense that clings to every word and action when human lives hang in the balance.