Among the Lowest of the Dead : The Culture of Capital Punishment Paperback - 2006
by Von Drehle, David
- Used
From the cavernous halls of justice to the desolate cells on death row, from the brutal crimes of the convicted to the unbearable anguish of the victims, prizewinning journalist David Von Drehle takes readers into the harrowing world of the ultimate punishment. A work of profound insight and stark vision, Among the Lowest of the Dead sheds a revelatory light on this deepest, darkest realm.
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- Title Among the Lowest of the Dead : The Culture of Capital Punishment
- Author Von Drehle, David
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Michigan Press
- Date June 26, 2006
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 16112541-6
- ISBN 9780472031238 / 0472031236
- Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1.07 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.72 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Executions and executioners - United States, Death row - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005046667
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.6
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From the jacket flap
--The Washington Post Book World
From the cavernous halls of justice to the desolate cells on death row, from the brutal crimes of the convicted to the unbearable anguish of the victims, prizewinning journalist David Von Drehle takes us, as never before, into the harrowing world of the ultimate punishment. Here are the lawyers, on both sides, who dedicate their lives to saving or ending the lives of the accused. Here are the judges who pass the sentences and the politicians who pass the buck. And here are the inmates, staring at their walls and looking death in the face.
A work of profound insight and stark vision, AMONG THE LOWEST OF THE DEAD sheds a revelatory light on this deepest, darkest realm. Acclaimed as one of the most powerful books ever written about crime and punishment in America, it is certain to shock both you . . . and the system.
"BITTERLY HONEST . . . [Von Drehle ] frames the legal issues well and vividly evokes both the tense calm of the courtroom and the cramped, fetid gloom of prison cells."
--The New York Times Book Review
"SEDULOUSLY RESEARCHED AND BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN . . . Read this book; by all means read this book."
--The Miami Herald
