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Author : Donald A. Cabana
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555533564
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Death At Midnight written by Donald A. Cabana and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998-05-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Season of Change
Author : Kwakye, Benjamin
Publisher : Cissus World Press
ISBN 13 : 0967951100
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (679 download)
Download or read book The Executioner's Confession written by Kwakye, Benjamin and published by Cissus World Press. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new novel is by Benjamin Kwakye is a Ghanaian novelist. His first novel, The Clothes of Nakedness, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers Prize, best first book, Africa. His second novel, The Sun by Night won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book Africa. His third novel, The Other Crucifix won the 2011 IPPY Gold Award for Adult Multicultural Fiction. He is also the author of a collection of novellas, Eyes of the Slain Woman. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, he presently practices law and is a director of the African Education Initiative.
Author : Kazimierz Moczarski
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Conversations with an Executioner written by Kazimierz Moczarski and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1981 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Relying largely on Stroop's own words ... Moczarski recreates the chain of events which caused a nondescript German youth, the son of a provincial policeman, to rise to the top of the Nazi hierarchy; become part of the inner circle of Hitler, Himmler, and Göring; wield ... power in Czechoslovakia, Soviet Russia, and Greece; and mastermind Warsaw's "Final solution"--Jacket.
Author : Gary L. Stuart
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816529248
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Innocent Until Interrogated written by Gary L. Stuart and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the events surrounding the murders of nine Buddhist temple members near Phoenix, Arizona, and the arrest of four men known as "The Tucson Four" who were coerced into confessing and held despite there being no physical evidence to connect them tothe crime, and discusses how the suspects were treated by the media, even after the real killers were discovered.
Author : Beth A. Berkowitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190292539
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Execution and Invention written by Beth A. Berkowitz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death penalty in classical Judaism has been a highly politicized subject in modern scholarship. Enlightenment attacks on the Talmud's legitimacy led scholars to use the Talmud's criminal law as evidence for its elevated morals. But even more pressing was the need to prove Jews' innocence of the charge of killing Christ. The reconstruction of a just Jewish death penalty was a defense against the accusation that a corrupt Jewish court was responsible for the death of Christ. In Execution and Invention, Beth A. Berkowitz tells the story of modern scholarship on the ancient rabbinic death penalty and offers a fresh perspective using the approaches of ritual studies, cultural criticism, and talmudic source criticism. Against the scholarly consensus, Berkowitz argues that the early Rabbis used the rabbinic laws of the death penalty to establish their power in the wake of the destruction of the Temple. Following recent currents in historiography, Berkowitz sees the Rabbis as an embattled, almost invisible sect within second-century Judaism. The function of their death penalty laws, Berkowitz contends, was to create a complex ritual of execution under rabbinic control, thus bolstering rabbinic claims to authority in the context of Roman political and cultural domination. Understanding rabbinic literature to be in dialogue with the Bible, with the variety of ancient Jews, and with Roman imperialism, Berkowitz shows how the Rabbis tried to create an appealing alternative to the Roman, paganized culture of Palestine's Jews. In their death penalty, the Rabbis substituted Rome's power with their own. Early Christians, on the other hand, used death penalty discourse to critique judicial power. But Berkowitz argues that the Christian critique of execution produced new claims to authority as much as the rabbinic embrace. By comparing rabbinic conversations about the death penalty with Christian ones, Berkowitz reveals death penalty discourse as a significant means of creating authority in second-century western religious cultures. Advancing the death penalty discourse as a discourse of power, Berkowitz sheds light on the central relationship between religious and political authority and the severest form of punishment.
Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409021556
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Confession written by John Grisham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping legal thriller from the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Sooley and The Judge's List. _______________________________________ An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is a murderer. Nine years ago, he strangled a high-school cheerleader and buried her body so it could never be found. Then, he watched and waited as police arrested Donte Drumm, a local football star with no connection to the crime. Tried, convicted, and sentenced, Drumm was sent to death row whilst Boyette walked free. Now, Donte Drumm is four days from execution. And as Boyette faces his own mortality, hehas finally decided to do what is right. He has decided to confess. But how can he convince the state that they are about to execute the wrong man? _______________________________________ 'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' Irish Independent 'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' Jodi Picoult 'The best thriller writer alive!' Ken Follett 'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing and fast-paced thrillers' Telegraph 'Grisham is a superb and instinctive storyteller' The Times 'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' Daily Record 'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they are not just alive, they are pulsating' Mirror 'A giant of the thriller genre!' TimeOut
Author : Albert W. Hicks
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks written by Albert W. Hicks and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of Albert W. Hicks, written as a confession and autobiography. Albert W. Hicks (c. 1820 – 1860), also known as Elias W. Hicks, William Johnson, John Hicks, and Pirate Hicks, was a triple murderer, and one of the last people executed for piracy in the United States.[1] His New York based trial, conviction and execution were a major talking point at the time. Cultural historian Rich Cohen, has called him 'the first New York City legendary gangster figure, a bridge between the piracy of old and rise of a new "gangster nation".' Hicks gave a full confession of the murders and his life story, which was published as a book on the day of his execution. Hicks' reason for his crimes were '.the devil took possession of me.'
Author : Father Chiniquy
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373402496X
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional written by Father Chiniquy and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional by Father Chiniquy
Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 802685246X
Total Pages : 1950 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The Spiritual Works of Leo Tolstoy: A Confession, The Kingdom of God is Within You, What I Believe, Christianity and Patriotism, Reason and Religion, The Gospel in Brief and more written by Leo Tolstoy and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Spiritual Works of Leo Tolstoy: A Confession, The Kingdom of God is Within You, What I Believe, Christianity and Patriotism, Reason and Religion, The Gospel in Brief and more” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Bevel. Table of Contents Introduction Leo Tolstoy: A Short Biography "Tolstoy the Artist” and "Tolstoy the Preacher” by Ivan Panin Books The Kingdom of God is Within You What I Believe The Gospel in Brief A Confession Christianity and Patriotism Reason and Religion Patriotism or Peace Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby Bethink Yourselves! Why do People Stupefy Themselves? A Letter to a Hindu Correspondences with Gandhi Persecution of Christians in Russia Help! Thoughts on God 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' Two Wars Reason and Morality Church and State Religious Relation to Life Letter to a Kind Youth Reply to Critics Reminiscences Reminiscences of Tolstoy, by His Son by Graf Ilia LvovichTolstoi My Visit to Tolstoy by Joseph Krauskopf Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy or Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) which are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction.
Author : Norman Mailer
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455510831
Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Executioner's Song written by Norman Mailer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning and unforgettable classic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore now in a brand-new edition. Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold blood. After being tried and convicted, he immediately insisted on being executed for his crime. To do so, he fought a system that seemed intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. And that fight for the right to die is what made him famous. Mailer tells not only Gilmore's story, but those of the men and women caught in the web of his life and drawn into his procession toward the firing squad. All with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a restraint that evokes the parched landscape and stern theology of Gilmore's Utah. THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest source of American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement-impossible to put down, impossible to forget. (280,000 words)
Author : Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Priest, the Woman and the Confessional written by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Priest, the Woman, & the Confessional is a look at women's role in confessionals. It takes a look at different ideas within the church, served by a former Roman Catholic priest.
Author : Patrick Low
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000095819
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain written by Patrick Low and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison wall. By examining a period of dramatic change in punishment practice, this collection of essays provides a fresh historical perspective on nineteenth century execution culture, with a focus on Scotland, Wales and the regions of England. From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual has two parts. Part 1 addresses the criminal body and the witnessing of executions in the nineteenth century, including studies of the execution crowd and executioners’ memoirs, as well as reflections on the experience of narratives around capital punishment in museums in the present day. Part 2 explores the treatment of the execution experience in the print media, from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The collection draws together contributions from the fields of Heritage and Museum Studies, History, Law, Legal History and Literary Studies, to shed new light on execution culture in nineteenth century Britain. This volume will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of criminology, heritage and museum studies, history, law, legal history, medical humanities and socio-legal studies.
Author : Matthew T. Mangino
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476616043
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Executioneräó»s Toll, 2010 written by Matthew T. Mangino and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Executioner’s Toll, 2010 is a meticulous examination of every execution (and the details surrounding the execution) carried out in a single year—and a thought-provoking exploration into the minds of 46 killers as each plays the role of predator, quarry and condemned. The unsettling narratives begin with a murder on May 26, 1993, and end with an execution on December 16, 2010. The book chronicles 63 murders, 44 trials, countless appeals, two suicide attempts, 41 last meals, 33 final statements and 46 executions. The Executioner’s Toll, 2010 could have covered any year in the modern era of the death penalty, but had to cover one complete year, in order to provide a true picture of the death penalty, executions and the anguish of victims. This book presents the compelling stories, accounts often neglected in the mainstream media. Every person facing the executioner has a story, every killing is as unique as it is devastating.
Author : Bridget M. Marshall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317013719
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Transatlantic Gothic Novel and the Law, 1790–1860 written by Bridget M. Marshall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the use of legal themes in the gothic novel, Bridget M. Marshall shows these devices reflect an outpouring of anxiety about the nature of justice. On both sides of the Atlantic, novelists like William Godwin, Mary Shelley, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hannah Crafts question the foundations of the Anglo-American justice system through their portrayals of criminal and judicial procedures and their use of found documents and legal forms as key plot devices. As gothic villains, from Walpole's Manfred to Godwin's Tyrrell to Stoker's Dracula, manipulate the law and legal system to expand their power, readers are confronted with a legal system that is not merely ineffective at stopping villains but actually enables them to inflict ever greater harm on their victims. By invoking actual laws like the Black Act in England or the Fugitive Slave Act in America, gothic novels connect the fantastic horrors that constitute their primary appeal with much more shocking examples of terror and injustice. Finally, the gothic novel's preoccupation with injustice is just one element of many that connects the genre to slave narratives and to the horrors of American slavery.
Author : I︠U︡z Aleshkovskiĭ
Publisher : Halban Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Hand, Or, Confession of an Executioner written by I︠U︡z Aleshkovskiĭ and published by Halban Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Professor Bridget M Marshall
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409476324
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Transatlantic Gothic Novel and the Law, 1790–1860 written by Professor Bridget M Marshall and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the use of legal themes in the gothic novel, Bridget M. Marshall shows these devices reflect an outpouring of anxiety about the nature of justice. On both sides of the Atlantic, novelists like William Godwin, Mary Shelley, Charles Brockden Brown, and Hannah Crafts question the foundations of the Anglo-American justice system through their portrayals of criminal and judicial procedures and their use of found documents and legal forms as key plot devices. As gothic villains, from Walpole's Manfred to Godwin's Tyrrell to Stoker's Dracula, manipulate the law and legal system to expand their power, readers are confronted with a legal system that is not merely ineffective at stopping villains but actually enables them to inflict ever greater harm on their victims. By invoking actual laws like the Black Act in England or the Fugitive Slave Act in America, gothic novels connect the fantastic horrors that constitute their primary appeal with much more shocking examples of terror and injustice. Finally, the gothic novel's preoccupation with injustice is just one element of many that connects the genre to slave narratives and to the horrors of American slavery.
Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0345534557
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)
Download or read book The Confession written by John Grisham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row. Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man? Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
