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Voices from Death Row, Second Edition

Author : Bruce Jackson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438489315
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Voices from Death Row, Second Edition written by Bruce Jackson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices from Death Row is considered a classic work on the strange "living limbo" inhabited by condemned men in Texas, who await resolution of their sentence in execution, death by other causes, commutation to a term of life sentence, or exoneration. This book offers first-person accounts of life on death row that still holds for condemned men and women today. The accessibility the authors had to Texas Death Row in 1979—to sit in the cells and listen—is unimaginable in today's closed prison environment. Today, however, conditions on Texas's Death Row are far more punishing and brutal; and, while the number of death sentences has declined, the number of sentences of life without parole has increased hugely. This second edition updates and expands on the original stories that these men told, revealing the names of those men whose stories have ended with either exoneration or death. New photographs enhance the text to give it a full picture of the brutal conditions that these prisoners experienced.

Voices from Death Row

Author : Bruce Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781438489292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Voices from Death Row written by Bruce Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices from Death Row is considered a classic work on the strange "living limbo" inhabited by condemned men in Texas, who await resolution of their sentence in execution, death by other causes, commutation to a term of life sentence, or exoneration. This book offers first-person accounts of life on death row that still holds for condemned men and women today. The accessibility the authors had to Texas Death Row in 1979--to sit in the cells and listen--is unimaginable in today's closed prison environment. Today, however, conditions on Texas's Death Row are far more punishing and brutal; and, while the number of death sentences has declined, the number of sentences of life without parole has increased hugely. This second edition updates and expands on the original stories that these men told, revealing the names of those men whose stories have ended with either exoneration or death. New photographs enhance the text to give it a full picture of the brutal conditions that these prisoners experienced.

Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row

Author : Tessie Castillo
Publisher : Black Rose Writing
ISBN 13 : 1684334446
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row written by Tessie Castillo and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through thirty compelling essays written in the prisoners’ own words, Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row offers stories of brutal beatings inside juvenile hall, botched suicide attempts, the terror of the first night on Death Row, the pain of goodbye as a friend is led to execution, and the small acts of humanity that keep hope alive for men living in the shadow of death. Each carefully crafted personal essay illuminates the complex stew of choice and circumstance that brought four men to Death Row and the cycle of dehumanization and brutality that continues inside prison. At times the men write with humor, at times with despair, at times with deep sensitivity, but always with keen insight and understanding of the common human experience that binds us.

Right Here, Right Now

Author : Lynden Harris
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 147802142X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Right Here, Right Now written by Lynden Harris and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon receiving his execution date, one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: “All there ever is, is this moment. You, me, all of us, right here, right now, this minute, that's love.” Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish. By offering their hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, failures, and wounds, the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.

Welcome To Hell

Author : Jan Arriens
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555536367
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Welcome To Hell written by Jan Arriens and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a new edition, condemned men and women speak for themselves about the reality behind bars on death row.

Race, Class, and the Death Penalty

Author : Howard W. Allen
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791474389
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Race, Class, and the Death Penalty written by Howard W. Allen and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines both the legal and illegal uses of the death penalty in American history.

The Story Is True, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

Author : Bruce Jackson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438490380
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Story Is True, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded written by Bruce Jackson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Story Is True, folklorist, filmmaker, and professor of English Bruce Jackson explores the ways we use the stories that become a central part of our public and private lives. Describing and explaining how stories are made and used, Jackson examines how stories narrate and bring meaning to our lives. Jackson writes about his family and friends, acquaintances, and experiences, focusing on more than a dozen personal stories. From oral histories to public stories—such as what happened when Bob Dylan "went electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival—Jackson gets at how the "truth" is constantly shifting depending on the perspective, memory, and social meaning that is ascribed to various events—both real and imaginary. The book is ideal for students and writers of oral history and storytelling but goes beyond those topics to encompass how we interpret and understand the real-life "stories" that we encounter in our daily experience. This edition includes new sections on how stories are related to historical facts and new chapters on contemporary films (expanding the discussion of visual storytelling) and on conspiracy narratives and Trump's Big Lie. Fresh examples tie together new material with the existing stories.

In the Shadow of Death

Author : Elizabeth Beck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195346300
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Death written by Elizabeth Beck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The press called Martin's actions a "crime spree." Already convicted of armed robbery, Martin was facing the death penalty. In less than two weeks the jury would decide his fate. Terrified that his son would be sentenced to die, Phillip did the only thing he felt he could do: in an act of faith and desperation in his garage with the car exhaust running, Phillip made the consummate sacrifice to spare his son the ultimate punishment. Ironically, his suicide presented Martin's with another chance at life; the jury, moved by Martin's loss, spared his life. Phillip's story-like those of the other parents, siblings, children, and cousins chronicled in this book-vividly illustrates the precarious position family members of capital offenders occupy in the criminal justice system. At once outsiders and victims, they live in the shadow of death, crushed by trauma, grief, and helplessness. In this penetrating account of guilt and innocence, shame and triumph, devastating loss and ultimate redemption, the voices of these family members add a new dimension to debates about capital punishment and how communities can prevent and address crime. Restorative justice theory, which views violent crime as an extreme violation of relationships; searches for ways to hold offenders accountable; and meets the needs of victims and communities torn apart by the crime, organizes these narratives and integrates offenders' families into the process of transforming conflict and promoting justice and healing for all. What emerges from hundreds of hours' worth of in-depth interviews with family members of offenders and victims, legal teams, and leaders in the abolition and restorative justice movements is a vision of justice strongly rooted in the social fabric of communities. Showing that forgiveness and recovery are possible in the wake of even the most heinous crimes, while holding victims' stories sacred, this eye-opening book bridges the pain of living in the shadow of death with the possibility of a reparative form of justice. Anyone working with victims, offenders, and their families-from lawyers and social workers to mediators and activists-will find this riveting work indispensable to their efforts.

Among the Lowest of the Dead

Author : David Von Drehle
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472031238
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Among the Lowest of the Dead written by David Von Drehle and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2006-06-26 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Folklore Matters

Author : Bruce Jackson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438496176
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Folklore Matters written by Bruce Jackson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore Matters gathers over a half-century of articles, memoirs, field studies, and more by master folklorist Bruce Jackson. Jackson's wide-ranging view of what makes up folklore, his affection for his subjects, and his keen-eyed ability to observe and record without prejudice stories, songs, and lore from everyone from death-row inmates to numbers runners, hustlers, and legendary blues musicians shines through. In his own words, Jackson's essays "bear witness" to worlds that others have too easily ignored. This book includes Jackson's landmark work on prison lore and toasts (the predecessor of rap); labor and criminology; his wide-ranging interest in African American lore and legend; his encounters with legendary figures including Alan Lomax and Pete Seeger; and articles that challenge the many traps and pitfalls that plague much of academic study. Folklore Matterswill delight, inform, and inspire all those who value America's deepest traditions and the endless creativity of the unrecognized masters of our national culture.

A Saint on Death Row

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385530153
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book A Saint on Death Row written by Thomas Cahill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes the absorbing, heartbreaking tale of the hard life and tragic death of Dominique Green—wrongly accused, then executed in Huntsville, Texas—and shines a light on our racist and deeply flawed criminal justice system. Green, an extraordinary young man from the urban ghettos of Houston, was utterly failed by every echelon of society—the Catholic Church, numerous U.S. courts of law, and even his own mother. But from the depths of despair on Death Row, he transcended his earthly sufferings and achieved enlightenment and peace, inciting an international movement against the death penalty and inspiring his personal hero, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to plead publicly for mercy. A Saint on Death Row is an unforgettable, sobering, and deeply spiritual account that illuminates the moral imperatives too often ignored in the headlong quest for judgment.

The Sun Does Shine

Author : Anthony Ray Hinton
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250124719
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Sun Does Shine written by Anthony Ray Hinton and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--

The Life and Death of Buffalo's Great Northern Grain Elevator

Author : Bruce Jackson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438497040
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Death of Buffalo's Great Northern Grain Elevator written by Bruce Jackson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archer Daniels Midland got lucky the night of December 11, 2021: a fierce winter wind took out a third of the brick wall of Buffalo's Great Northern Grain Elevator. ADM had wanted to demolish the building since 1993, but each of its demolition requests to the city had been blocked. Six days after the storm, with no public hearings, the building was condemned. A unique piece of Buffalo's economic and global architectural history was gone. Grain elevators are part of Buffalo's—and the nation's—architectural heritage. Unlike earlier wooden structures, the Great Northern was made of steel; it was fireproof. The steel bins kept the grain dry and the rats out. The entire steel structure was riveted and bolted into a single entity. The Great Northern couldn't burn down or blow up; it couldn't be knocked down, and it was incapable of falling down. When the Great Northern was completed seven months after the shovels broke ground, it was the largest grain elevator in the world. It was built to last, and last it did until the eight-month task of tearing it apart began on September 16, 2022. Photographer and activist Bruce Jackson documents the story of this key architectural landmark through text, documents, and his own photographs taken over a period of several decades to tell this tragic story that will appeal to anyone interested in the history and preservation of America's industrial culture.

The Darkest Hour

Author : Nanon Williams
Publisher : goodmedia press
ISBN 13 : 0988323710
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Darkest Hour written by Nanon Williams and published by goodmedia press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Darkest Hour emerged from a deep and dark despair in a place where the thought of suicide often holds more appeal than the thought of living. The hopeless ones live below the line but not Nanon Williams. Williams reached high beyond despair with outstretched hands and on tiptoes. He took a firm grip on the branch of hope and hoisted himself up above the line. While on Texas Death Row, Nanon was an inspirational voice. This work, now in its second edition, has expanded his inspirational influence beyond prison walls to men and women everywhere. His voice reaches others who measure their lives by an hourglass and do not see enough sand remaining to do anything of importance with their lives. We all learn from Nanon Williams that we can race against time and win.

In This Timeless Time

Author : Bruce Jackson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 080788264X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book In This Timeless Time written by Bruce Jackson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stark and powerful book, Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian explore life on Death Row in Texas and in other states, as well as the convoluted and arbitrary judicial processes that populate all Death Rows. They document the capriciousness of capital punishment and capture the day-to-day experiences of Death Row inmates in the official "nonperiod" between sentencing and execution. In the first section, "Pictures," ninety-two photographs taken during their fieldwork for the book and documentary film Death Row illustrate life on cell block J in Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections. The second section, "Words," further reveals the world of Death Row prisoners and offers an unflinching commentary on the judicial system and the fates of the men they met on the Row. The third section, "Working," addresses profound moral and ethical issues the authors have encountered throughout their careers documenting the Row. Included is a DVD of Jackson and Christian's 1979 documentary film, Death Row.

Voices from Death Row

Author : Amnesty International USA.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Voices from Death Row written by Amnesty International USA. and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grace and Justice on Death Row

Author : Brian W. Stolarz
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781510715103
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Grace and Justice on Death Row written by Brian W. Stolarz and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post bestseller! A chilling and compassionate look at how close an innocent man was to being put death with a foreword by Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking. What is worse than having a client on Death Row in Texas? Having a client on Death Row in Texas who is innocent and not knowing if you will be able to stop his execution in time. Grace and Justice on Death Row: A Race Against Time to Free an Innocent Man tells the story of Alfred Dewayne Brown, a man who spent over twelve years in prison (ten of them on Texas’ infamous Death Row) for a high-profile crime he did not commit, and his lawyer, Brian Stolarz, who dedicated his career and life to secure his freedom. The book chronicles Brown’s extraordinary journey to freedom against very long odds, overcoming unscrupulous prosecutors, corrupt police, inadequate defense counsel, and a broken criminal justice system. The book examines how a lawyer-client relationship turned into one of brotherhood. Grace And Justice On Death Row also addresses many issues facing the criminal justice system and the death penalty – race, class, adequate defense counsel, and intellectual disability, and proposes reforms. Told from Stolarz’s perspective, this raw, fast-paced look into what it took to save one man’s life will leave you questioning the criminal justice system in this country. It is a story of injustice and redemption that must be told.