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The Case Of D Shiel Condemned To Die And Now Sentenced To Be Transported For Life To Botany Bay
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Book Synopsis The Case of D. Shiel, Condemned to Die, and Now Sentenced to be Transported for Life to Botany Bay by : Basil Montagu
Download or read book The Case of D. Shiel, Condemned to Die, and Now Sentenced to be Transported for Life to Botany Bay written by Basil Montagu and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Reform of Punishment and the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales from the Late Seventeenth Century to the Early Nineteenth Century by : Philip Rawlings
Download or read book The Reform of Punishment and the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales from the Late Seventeenth Century to the Early Nineteenth Century written by Philip Rawlings and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Condemned to Die by : Robert Johnson
Download or read book Condemned to Die written by Robert Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Condemned to Die is a book about life under sentence of death in American prisons. The great majority of condemned prisoners are confined on death rows before they are executed. Death rows typically feature solitary confinement, a harsh regimen that is closely examined in this book. Death rows that feature solitary confinement are most common in states that execute prisoners with regularity, which is to say, where there is a realistic threat that condemned prisoners will be put to death. Less restrictive confinement conditions for condemned prisoners can be found in states where executions are rare. Confinement conditions matter, especially to prisoners, but a central contention of this book is that no regimen of confinement under sentence of death offers its inmates a round of activity that might in any way prepare them for the ordeal they must face in the execution chamber, when they are put to death. In a basic and profound sense, all condemned prisoners are warehoused for death in the shadow of the executioner. Human warehousing, seen most clearly on solitary confinement death rows, violates every tenet of just punishment; no legal or philosophical justification for capital punishment demands or even permits warehousing of prisoners under sentence of death. The punishment is death. There is neither a mandate nor a justification for harsh and dehumanizing confinement before the prisoner is put to death. Yet warehousing for death, of an empty and sometimes brutal nature, is the universal fate of condemned prisoners. The enormous suffering and justice caused by this human warehousing, rendered in the words of the prisoners themselves, is the subject of this book.
Book Synopsis Cell 2455, Death Row by : Caryl Chessman
Download or read book Cell 2455, Death Row written by Caryl Chessman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2006-08-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir by a death-row inmate, written in the twelve years between his conviction and 1960 execution, documents his daily life in a four-by-ten cell, his eight stays of execution, and his unwavering insistence that he was innocent of the crimes for which he was condemned. Reprint.
Book Synopsis Capital Punishment by : Billy Wayne Sinclair
Download or read book Capital Punishment written by Billy Wayne Sinclair and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Wayne Sinclair was only twenty-one when sentenced to death. Because of an accidental shooting, he spent the next forty years in prison. When the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty, Billy was re-sentenced to life without parole. Here, he offers a blistering examination of the death penalty and its origins.
Book Synopsis Cell 2455, Death Row by : Caryl Chessman
Download or read book Cell 2455, Death Row written by Caryl Chessman and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Life after Death Row by : Saundra D. Westervelt
Download or read book Life after Death Row written by Saundra D. Westervelt and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated. Saundra D. Westervelt and Kimberly J. Cook present eighteen exonerees’ stories, focusing on three central areas: the invisibility of the innocent after release, the complicity of the justice system in that invisibility, and personal trauma management. Contrary to popular belief, exonerees are not automatically compensated by the state or provided adequate assistance in the transition to post-prison life. With no time and little support, many struggle to find homes, financial security, and community. They have limited or obsolete employment skills and difficulty managing such daily tasks as grocery shopping or banking. They struggle to regain independence, self-sufficiency, and identity. Drawing upon research on trauma, recovery, coping, and stigma, the authors weave a nuanced fabric of grief, loss, resilience, hope, and meaning to provide the richest account to date of the struggles faced by people striving to reclaim their lives after years of wrongful incarceration.
Author :Andrea D. Lyon Publisher :Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises Incorporated ISBN 13 :9780988225954 Total Pages :244 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (259 download)
Book Synopsis Angel of Death Row by : Andrea D. Lyon
Download or read book Angel of Death Row written by Andrea D. Lyon and published by Regina Ryan Publishing Enterprises Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen times, death penalty defense lawyer Andrea D. Lyon has represented a client found guilty of capital murder. Nineteen times, she has argued for that individual's life to be spared. Nineteen times, she has succeeded. Dubbed the "Angel of Death Row" by the Chicago Tribune, Lyon was the first woman to serve as lead attorney in a death penalty case. Throughout her career, she has defended those accused of heinous acts and argued that, no matter their guilt or innocence, they deserved a chance at redemption. Now, for the first time, Lyon shares her story, from her early work as a Legal Aid attorney to her founding of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases. Full of courtroom drama, tragedy, and redemption, Angel of Death Row is a remarkable inside look at what drives Lyon to defend those who seem indefensible-and to win. There was Annette who was suspected of murdering her own daughter. There was Patrick, the convicted murderer who thirsted for knowledge and shared his love of books with Lyon when she visited him in jail. There was Lonnie, whose mental illness made him nearly impossible to save until the daughter who remembered his better self spoke on his behalf. There was Deirdre, who shared Lyon's cautious optimism that her wrongful conviction would finally be overturned, allowing her to see her grandchildren born while she was in prison. And there was Madison Hobley, the man whose name made international headlines when he was wrongfully charged with the murder of his family and sentenced to death. These clients trusted Lyon with their stories-and their lives. Driven by an overwhelming sense of justice, fairness, and morality, she fought for them in the courtroom and in the raucous streets, staying by their sides as they struggled through real tragedy and triumphed in startling ways. Angel of Death Row is the compelling memoir of Lyon's unusual journey and groundbreaking career.
Download or read book Fear of 13 written by Nicholas Yarris and published by Century. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the memoir of Nick Yarris, who was wrongly convicted of rape and murder and spent 23 years on Death Row. While he was in prison, to keep himself sane, Nick educated himself (including learning about triskaidekaphobia, the fear of 13 which gives the book its name). Later, as the technology developed, Nick pressed for post-conviction DNA testing, which eventually led to him being acquitted of all charges. Nick tells of his experiences with immediacy and passion, and narrates his tale to brilliant charismatic effect both here and in the film of the same name released in 2015. Widely critically acclaimed, the film will debut on Netflix in November 2016 (date tbc) and this book is published to tie in with the release, adding a further dimension and more detail into Nick's compelling story."
Download or read book The Wrong Men written by Stanley Cohen and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2003-09-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2000, Illinois Governor George H. Ryan declared a moratorium on state executions. Three years later, Ryan commuted all Illinois death sentences to life imprisonment, saying, "Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error, error in determining guilt, and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die." This book chronicles over one hundred cases where journalism students, grassroots organizations, families, and pro bono lawyers—armed with DNA evidence and other instruments of justice—have defeated that demon. Cohen reveals how eyewitness error, jailhouse snitch testimony, racism, junk science, prosecutorial misconduct, and incompetent counsel have often populated America's death row with the wrong men. Readers embark on journeys with men who were arrested, convicted, sentenced to death, dragged through the appeals system, and finally set free based on their actual innocence. Some languished for decades in our death houses. Notable cases of wrongful imprisonment outside of death row are also profiled. Although these stories end with vindication, there are those that have ended with unjustified execution. The Wrong Men is sure to fuel controversy over a justice system that has delivered the ultimate punishment 820 times since 1976, though it cannot guarantee accurate convictions.
Download or read book The Deprived written by Steffen Hou and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six Americans tell the heartbreaking and dramatic stories of how they ended up on death row for crimes they never committed. In some cases they were minutes away from being executed despite their innocence. Through compelling interviews the book describes how innocent mothers and fathers suddenly become victims of meaningless violence in a vicious prison environment where their survival often depends on becoming just as brutal as the killers in the cells next to them. However, the book is also a life-affirming tale of how humans can survive even the greatest injustice, and how the innocent death row inmates, after their exoneration, have managed to transform a life in solitary confinement into a life full of love, hope and faith. But despite leaving death row today, death row will never leave them. Derrick Jamison, exonerated after 20 years: When Derrick's execution was announced, he had already spent more than 15 years on death row living in despair, but as he now sat alone in the cell knowing that his ordeal was about to come to an end, he found no comfort for himself. When he ate his last meal, he had one more wish--that his execution would be quick and painless. Not all of the 18 men who had been executed prior to Derrick were that lucky. "They were forced out of their cells, strapped down on a gurney, and had poison shot into their blood. Many suffered physically when killed. They had to have injections again and again. Knowing that death could be painful really scared me," Derrick shares. Sunny Jacobs, exonerated after 16 years: "The guards were not allowed to talk to me because if they started seeing me as a human being, they might not be able to participate in taking my life. Therefore, they had to treat me as less than a human being," Sunny says. For the same reasons, she was never referred to by her name. Only her inmate number. "That is your inventory number till they decide you must die." Kwame Ajamu, exonerated after 38 years: Old Sparky was the electric chair and Kwame had only been in the death house for a few minutes when the guards introduced him to what was going to be his final destination in life. "It mortified me. Imagine what that kind of cruelness does to a 17-year-old boy who knows he is innocent. It broke me down and gave me mental scars for life. I will never be able to shake off that experience. When other people do not care if you are dead or alive, you lose faith in humanity. I will remember those horrifying minutes until the day I die." Nick Yarris, exonerated after 22 years: "Normally, I would just hurt myself. I would knock my head into the wall until I tasted the blood. Because when I felt the pain, I would start to feel alive and be reminded that I was still human. But when that was not enough, I tried to commit suicide," Nick says, telling that one of the reasons why he probably never succeeded in killing himself was because he could not disappoint his parents. He felt that he owed it to them to prove his innocence because they had already lost so much in life. Damon Thibodeaux, exonerated after 15 years: "Till I sat in that interrogation room, I was always convinced that a person would never confess to a crime they had not done. I was the person who did. Until you are put in the position I was in, you will never understand why. But investigators are allowed to manipulate and force you to get a confession. At some point, everyone will break. When I did, it got the real killer off the hook. Today, we all know he is still out there," Damon says. Herman Lindsey: exonerated after 3 years: "By putting me on death row, God gave me a voice. We cannot be sure we are not killing innocent people. I am an example of that myself. And it changes people's views when I tell my story.
Book Synopsis The Purple Cloud by : Matthew Phipps Shiel
Download or read book The Purple Cloud written by Matthew Phipps Shiel and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole survivor of her crew . . . What then, my God, shall I do?" The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written. A deadly purple vapor passes over the world and annihilates all living creatures except one man, Adam Jeffson. He embarks on an epic journey across a silent and devastated planet, an apocalyptic Robinson Crusoe putting together the semblance of a normal life from the flotsam and jetsam of his former existence. As he descends into madness over the years, he becomes increasingly aware that his survival was no accident and that his destiny?and the fate of the human race?are part of a profound, cosmological plan.
Book Synopsis Vindiciae Gallicae by : Sir James Mackintosh
Download or read book Vindiciae Gallicae written by Sir James Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Print, Publicity, and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s by : Jon Mee
Download or read book Print, Publicity, and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s written by Jon Mee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the development of the idea of 'the people' through print and publicity in 1790s London. This title is also available as Open Access.
Book Synopsis In Memoriam:Gde to the History and Heritage of Victoria's Cemeterie by : Garrie Hutchinson
Download or read book In Memoriam:Gde to the History and Heritage of Victoria's Cemeterie written by Garrie Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Source-Book of Scottish Witchcraft by : Christina Larner
Download or read book A Source-Book of Scottish Witchcraft written by Christina Larner and published by Zeticula. This book was released on 2005 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1977 and now reprinted in its original form, A Source-book of Scottish Witchcraft has been the most authoritative reference book on Scottish Witchcraft for almost thirty years. It has been invaluable to the specialist scholar and of interest to the general reader. It provides, but provides much more than, a series of lists of the 'names and addresses' of long-dead witches. However, although it is widely quoted and held in high esteem, few copies were ever printed and most are owned by libraries or similar institutions. Until now, it has been difficult to obtain and even more difficult to buy. In 1938, George F. Black, a Scotsman who was in charge of New York Public Library, published A Calendar of Cases of Witchcraft in Scotland 1510-1727. This was a fairly comprehensive compilation of brief accounts of references, in printed sources, to Scottish witchcraft cases. The Source-book built upon this study but went beyond it by including, through an examination of actual ancient manuscripts, information on previously unpublished cases. It also presented the material in a more systematic way in relation, where known, to the names of the accused witches, their sex, their fate, the place of the case, its date and the type of court that dealt with it. Some such information is presented in the form of tables. Transcriptions of documents pertaining to witchcraft trials- such as examples of the evidence of supposed witnesses, and other salient legal documents - including, for instance, an ancient account of when and why the testimony of female witnesses might be legally acceptable in Scottish courts - are also presented.
Book Synopsis An Autobiography by : Herbert Spencer
Download or read book An Autobiography written by Herbert Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography is published as it was left by Mr. Spencer, with a few modifications, the most important of which relates to the division of the volumes ... the first volume end[s] with the termination of his miscellaneous work and the second volume begin[s] with the planning of the Synthetic Philosophy.
