Description
An in-depth examination of what life under a sentence of death is like
An in-depth examination of what life under a sentence of death is like
About the Author
Michael L. Radelet is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida and co-author of Capital Punishment in America: An Annotated Bibliography.
Reviews
"These essays...show us the human and inhuman realities of capital punishment through the eyes of the condemned and those who work with them. By focusing on those awaiting death, they present the awful truth behind the statistics in concrete, personal terms."
-William J. Bowers, author of Legal Homicide
Book Information
ISBN 9780877227212
Author Michael Radelet
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.
Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
An in-depth examination of what life under a sentence of death is like
About the Author
Michael L. Radelet is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida and co-author of Capital Punishment in America: An Annotated Bibliography.
Reviews
"These essays...show us the human and inhuman realities of capital punishment through the eyes of the condemned and those who work with them. By focusing on those awaiting death, they present the awful truth behind the statistics in concrete, personal terms."
-William J. Bowers, author of Legal Homicide
"This work stands with the best of what's been written. It represents the best of those who have seen the worst."
-Colman McCarthy, The Washington Post Book World
Book Information
ISBN 9780877227212
Author Michael Radelet
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.
Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
