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Entering Hades

Author : John Leake
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 1429996331
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Entering Hades written by John Leake and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I was a greedy, ravenous individual, determined to rise from the bottom to the top . . . It wasn't me!"--Jack Unterweger's final words to his jury Serial killers rarely travel internationally. So in the early 1990s, when detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department began to find bodies of women strangled with their own bras, it didn't occur to them at first to make a connection with the bodies being uncovered in the woods outside of Vienna, Austria. The LAPD waited for the killer to strike again. Meanwhile, in Austria, the police followed what few clues they had. The case intrigued many reporters, but few as keenly as Jack Unterweger, a local celebrity. He cut a striking figure, this little man in expensive white suits. His expertise on Vienna's criminal underworld was hard-earned. He had been sentenced to life in jail as a young man. But while incarcerated, he began to write—and his work earned him the glowing attention of the literary elite. The intelligentsia lobbied for his release and by 1990, Jack was free again. He continued writing, nurturing his career as a journalist. But though he now traveled in the highest circles, he had a secret life. He was killing again, and in the greatest of ironies, reporting on the very crimes he had committed. With unprecedented access to Jack's diaries and letters, John Leake peels back the layers of deception to reveal the life and crimes of Jack Unterweger, and in unnerving detail, exposes the thrilling twists—both in the United States and Europe—that led to Jack's capture and Austria's "trial of the century."

Double Life Sentence

Author : Eriberto Buenaventura Misa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Double Life Sentence written by Eriberto Buenaventura Misa and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life After Murder

Author : Nancy Mullane
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1610390296
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Life After Murder written by Nancy Mullane and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journalist and producer of This American Life traces the stories of five convicted murderers to assess their struggles for redemption, efforts toward parole and first steps in transitioning back to civilian life. 25,000 first printing.

Guidelines Manual

Author : United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Guidelines Manual written by United States Sentencing Commission and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sentence

Author : Daniel Genis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698405765
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Sentence written by Daniel Genis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit" In 2003 Daniel Genis, the son of a famous Soviet émigré writer, broadcaster, and culture critic, was fresh out of NYU when he faced a serious heroin addiction that led him into debt and ultimately crime. After he was arrested for robbing people at knifepoint, he was nicknamed the “Apologetic Bandit” in the press, given his habit of expressing regret to his victims as he took their cash. He was sentenced to twelve years—ten with good behavior, a decade he survived by reading 1,046 books, taking up weightlifting, having philosophical discussions with his fellow inmates, working at a series of prison jobs, and in general observing an existence for which nothing in his life had prepared him. Genis describes in unsparing and vivid detail the realities of daily life in the New York penal system. In his journey from Rikers Island and through a series of upstate institutions, he encounters violence on an almost daily basis, while learning about the social strata of gangs, the “court” system that sets geographic boundaries in prison yards, how sex was obtained, the workings of the black market in drugs and more practical goods, the inventiveness required for everyday tasks such as cooking, and how debilitating solitary confinement actually is—all while trying to preserve his relationship with his wife, whom he recently married. Written with empathy and wit, Sentence is a strikingly powerful memoir of the brutalities of prison and how one man survived them, leaving its walls with this book inside him, “one made of pain and fear and laughter and lots of other books.”

The Scott Sisters

Author : Gladys & Jamie Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692465110
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book The Scott Sisters written by Gladys & Jamie Scott and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie and Gladys Scott were accused of armed robbery and sentenced to double life in prison for only.... $11 dollars. This bizarre Mississippi case gained national attention because of the severity of the sentence for nineteen and twenty-one year old sisters who have never been convicted of a crime and no evidence was found. National organizations such as the NAACP and Operation Push got involved and began a global movement to have the sisters released after serving sixteen years of their sentence. The sisters' sentence was suspended due to Jamie being diagnosed with Kidney Failure and both were released under the condition that Gladys donate a kidney to her sister. So, why were the sisters sentenced to double life? Why such a severe sentence? The sisters take readers behind the scenes of their case and share stories never told about their childhood and family life.

The Double Life of Paul De Man

Author : Evelyn Barish
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0871403269
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (714 download)

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Book Synopsis The Double Life of Paul De Man by : Evelyn Barish

Download or read book The Double Life of Paul De Man written by Evelyn Barish and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of the Yale University professor behind the deconstruction movement, who at the time of his death was one of the most influential literary critics in America but was later revealed to be a Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite.

Writing After Life

Author : Leslie Willis
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781726307949
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Writing After Life written by Leslie Willis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four former gang members, four life sentences, and four opportunities to start a new life. Less than eighteen months after their release from decades in prison, these four men write about their past, present, and goals for the future. Through sharing their first-hand experiences, they offer insight into the root causes of gang involvement and criminality, the process of personal transformation in prison, and the challenges and rewards of receiving a second chance at life.

Death Sentence

Author : Jerry Bledsoe
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626812888
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Death Sentence written by Jerry Bledsoe and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-05-18 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “true story that reads like a novel,” the #1 New York Times–bestselling author reveals the facts behind a notorious Southern murder case (Library Journal). When North Carolina farmer Stuart Taylor died after a sudden illness, his forty-six-year-old fiancée, Velma Barfield, was overcome with grief. Taylor’s family grieved with her—until the autopsy revealed traces of arsenic poisoning. Turned over to the authorities by her own son, Velma stunned her family with more revelations. This wasn’t the first time she had committed cold-blooded murder, and she would eventually be tried by the “world’s deadliest prosecutor” and sentenced to death. This book probes Velma’s stark descent into madness, her prescription drug addiction, and her effort to turn her life around through Christianity. From her harrowing childhood to the crimes that incited a national debate over the death penalty, to the final moments of her execution, Velma Barfield’s life of crime and punishment, revenge and redemption, this is crime reporting at its most gripping and profound. “A painfully intimate, moving story about the life and death of the only woman executed in the U.S. between 1962–1998 . . . With graceful writing and thorough reporting, it makes the reader look hard at something dark and sad in the human soul . . . Breathes new life into the true crime genre.” —The News & Observer “Undertakes to answer the questions about the justice system and the motives that drive women to kill.” —The Washington Post Book World “An extraordinary piece of writing . . . The most chilling description of a legal execution that we are ever likely to get.” —Citizen-Times “Taut and engrossing on the nature of justice and the death penalty as well as on guilt and responsibility.” —Booklist

Reformed: How a Life Sentence Became My Saving Grace

Author : Amanda Warner
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 9781642370874
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Reformed: How a Life Sentence Became My Saving Grace written by Amanda Warner and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jojo Godinez grew up in L.A. County surrounded by gangs. The night he joined one, he swore to represent his gang until death. Fights, shootings, and arrests followed, but his love of violence waned through the years as more and more of his friends died around him. Amid the bloodshed, he met a homegirl, Dalia. At just 18 years old, they married in Vegas, but their honeymoon was interrupted when a crime Jojo committed brought him into court and eventually into a 45-years-to-life sentence. On the day he was found guilty, Dalia gave birth to their son. Suicidal, Jojo lost himself in the evils of the jail, trying to forget his former life and even his family. It was during a stint in solitary confinement that he came to terms with his need for change. He asked God for forgiveness and resolved to never fight again. Jojo's nonviolent rebellion against the prison culture of hatred and racism was consistently met with death threats but he was willing to risk everything for his newfound faith. In prison after prison, Jojo spread peace, while his wife, Dalia, and their son faithfully waited for the day he finally came home. The powerful true story of Jojo Godinez shows the incredible transformation of a man once written off as nothing more than a criminal."

The Meaning of Life

Author : Marc Mauer
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 162097410X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Life written by Marc Mauer and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I can think of no authors more qualified to research the complex impact of life sentences than Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis. They have the expertise to track down the information that all citizens need to know and the skills to translate that research into accessible and powerful prose." —Heather Ann Thompson, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Blood in the Water From the author of the classic Race to Incarcerate, a forceful and necessary argument for eliminating life sentences, including profiles of six people directly impacted by life sentences by formerly incarcerated author Kerry Myers Most Western democracies have few or no people serving life sentences, yet here in the United States more than 200,000 people are sentenced to such prison terms. Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis of The Sentencing Project argue that there is no practical or moral justification for a sentence longer than twenty years. Harsher sentences have been shown to have little effect on crime rates, since people "age out" of crime—meaning that we're spending a fortune on geriatric care for older prisoners who pose little threat to public safety. Extreme punishment for serious crime also has an inflationary effect on sentences across the spectrum, helping to account for severe mandatory minimums and other harsh punishments. A thoughtful and stirring call to action, The Meaning of Life also features moving profiles of a half dozen people affected by life sentences, written by former "lifer" and award-winning writer Kerry Myers. The book will tie in to a campaign spearheaded by The Sentencing Project and offers a much-needed road map to a more humane criminal justice system.

The World's Most Bizarre Murders

Author : James Marrison
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843586983
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book The World's Most Bizarre Murders written by James Marrison and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is no ordinary true crime book. If you think you've got the stomach for the most blood-curdling, sickening and downright strangest murders you will ever come across, then look no further than these pages. You have been warned...Take, for example, Enriqueta Marti who kidnapped children from the streets of Barcelona, then boiled away their flesh and crushed their bones for ingredients for her coveted 'magic potions'. Or take Randy Kraft, known as The Scorecard Killer, a computer genius by day and a a deranged psychopath by night. Finally arrested with a corpse slumped in the passenger seat of his car, it emerged that Kraft had spent over a decade cutting up and disposing of his numerous victims along the California highways. In this stomach-churning collection, all the stories have one thing in common - a unique bizarre twist. True crime writer James Marrison draws upon the material that has featured in the hugely successful column The Murder File in cult magazine Bizarre in order to disclose the kind of sickening deeds that are perpetrated more often than you might think, but which sometimes go largely unreported by the media. Welcome to The World's Most bizarre Murders - the most shocking true crime book you will ever read.

Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Author : Elizabeth S Scott
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674043367
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Juvenile Justice written by Elizabeth S Scott and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? In this book, two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science, which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development. Although adolescents are not children, they are also not fully responsible adults.

Life Without Parole

Author : Victor Hassine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Without Parole written by Victor Hassine and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of the Grand Trunk Corporation from its inception in 1971 through 1992, drawing on corporate records, oral histories, and archival material. Offers insight into deregulation, free trade, repositioning of basic industry, and the realities of the new economic order, and examines expectations for Grand Trunk Western, Central Vermont, and Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Life Sentences

Author : William H. Gass
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307957446
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Life Sentences written by William H. Gass and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling new collection of essays—on reading, writing, form, and thought—from one of America’s master writers. It begins with the personal, both past and present. It emphasizes Gass’s lifelong attachment to books and moves on to the more analytical, as he ponders the work of some of his favorite writers (among them Kafka, Nietzsche, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, Proust). He writes about a few topics equally burning but less loved (the Nobel Prize–winner and Nazi sympathizer Knut Hamsun; the Holocaust). Finally, Gass ponders theoretical matters connected with literature: form and metaphor, and specifically, one of its genetic parts—the sentence. Gass embraces the avant-garde but applies a classic standard of writing to all literature, which is clear in these essays, or, as he describes them, literary judgments and accounts. Life Sentences is William Gass at his Gassian best.

Family Arrested

Author : Ann Edenfield
Publisher : Americana Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781589430600
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Family Arrested written by Ann Edenfield and published by Americana Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Ann Edenfield's experience when her husband was arrested and given a 15-year prison sentence, she describes all the confusing steps that families face approaching arrest, bond, trial, sentencing and incarceration, and discusses how to survive the prison system.

The Scott Sisters

Author : Gladys Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692606032
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Scott Sisters written by Gladys Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nineteen and twenty-one, Jamie and Gladys Scott received double life sentences each for a crime that they did not commit. The crime? Armed robbery for only $11. Why was the prison sentence so severe? Why double life? After serving sixteen years in prison, the sisters are ready to share their story-the untold story. The sister's lives were taken and thrown into the hands of a callous Mississippi Prison. Nationally known for their bizarre case, Jamie and Gladys take readers behind closed doors of their early childhood in Chicago, behind the bars of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, and underneath the blindfold of Mississippi's blind justice. After being absent for sixteen years, Jamie and Gladys Scott were released and now both struggle to reestablish family relationships. Excerpts from the actual court transcripts of their trial and the signed affidavit supporting their innocence are included in this poignant and inspiring memoir. "The Scott Sisters, Revealing the Truth, Exposing Injustice, and Trusting God "will take you on a journey of faith and introduce you to two women who are so much more than just the "Scott Sisters"-Jamie and Gladys, who..". had nothing or nobody else to hold on to, but God!"