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Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Capital Punishment »
Authors: David Von Drehle
ISBN-13: 9780472031238, ISBN-10: 0472031236
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: David Von Drehle
Book Synopsis
Thorough and unbiased, Among the Lowest of the Dead is a gripping narrative that provides an unprecedented journalistic look into the actual workings of the capital punishment system.
Table of Contents
| Part I | Loose the Fateful Lightning | 1 |
| Part II | Dancing on the Head of a Pin | 119 |
| Part III | A Failure of Execution | 303 |
| Acknowledgments | 421 | |
| Sources | 423 | |
| Index | 451 |
Subjects
History
American History United States History - General & Miscellaneous
History History of Crime United States History
Nonfiction Social Sciences Criminology
Nonfiction True Crime Prisons & Prison Life
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Criminology
Science & Nature Social Sciences Criminology
Social Sciences Criminology Penology & Correctional Studies
Social Sciences True Crime Prisons & Prison Life
True Crime Prisons & Prison Life Death row inmates
Nonfiction History American History
Nonfiction History History of Crime
American History United States History - General & MiscellaneousHistory
History of Crime United States HistoryNonfiction
Social Sciences CriminologyNonfiction
True Crime Prisons & Prison LifeNonfiction
All Nonfiction CriminologyScience & Nature
Social Sciences CriminologySocial Sciences
Criminology Penology & Correctional StudiesSocial Sciences
True Crime Prisons & Prison LifeTrue Crime
Prisons & Prison Life Death row inmatesNonfiction
History American HistoryNonfiction
History History of Crime