Death Row: Interviews with Inmates, Their Families and Opponents of Capital Punishment

by Shirley Dicks

Overview

The 34 chapters in this book are largely composed of interviews--with the men on death row, with individuals fighting the death penalty, and with the families of the condemned. Several chapters also cover such topics as the execution of juveniles, mentally retarded individuals and Vietnam veterans, ineffective legal counsel and racist criminal justice systems, botched executions, and executions carried out despite the contrary wishes of prosecutors and victims' families.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786469437
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/26/2013
Pages:	158
Sales rank:	747,895
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.32(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Shirley Dicks is the author of 12 books, which are listed on her website at www.shirleydicks.org. She lives in Beechgrove, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

Part I. Fighting the Death Penalty
1. Joe Ingle     
2. Mary Kaki Friskics-Warren     
3. Harmon Wray     
4. Jeff Blum     
5. Watt Espy     
6. Patricia Smith     
7. Richard Moran     
8. The Execution of Juvenile Offenders     
9. The Execution of Vietnam Veterans     
10. Marie Deans     
11. Racism and the Death Penalty     
12. Ineffective Trial Representation     
13. Execution by Default     
14. Executions Despite the Wishes of Prosecutors and Victims’ Families     
15. Botched Executions     
16. Hugo Bedau     
17. Victor Streib     

Part II. The Men on Death Row
18. Richard Simon     
19. Don Johnson     
20. Cecil Johnson     
21. Billy Groseclose     
22. Gary Cone     
23. Mr. D.     
24. Ron Harries     
25. Kenneth O’Guinn     
26. Byron Parker     
27. Fred Coffee, Jr.     
28. Jeff Dicks     

Part III. The Families of the Condemned
29. Rose Williams—Mother     
30. Dovie Page—Mother     
31. Georgia Barber—Mother     
32. Tina Mathews—Grandmother     
33. Dawn & Tanya Perry—Daughters     
34. Shirley Dicks—Mother     

Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

powerful and meaningful...a valuable addition”—Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice; “poignant and thought-provoking, the book exposes the contradiction between the struggle for human rights and the use of capital punishment”—CrimeFacts.

From the Publisher

...poignant and thought-provoking, the book exposes the contradiction between the struggle for human rights and the use of capital punishment

CrimeFacts.

"poignant and thought-provoking, the book exposes the contradiction between the struggle for human rights and the use of capital punishment"

CrimeFacts

powerful and meaningful...a valuable addition

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice