"When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call and the only one on the property at the time of death. As far as the state is concerned, it's an open and shut case. Jack Lee, born and raised in Freeman County, knows that every man deserves a solid defense and agrees to...

"Combining topics such as crime, death, and life inside prison, an award-winning journalist, writing with humanity, empathy and insight, and gaining unprecedented access, traces the interwoven lives of condemned prisoners and the men and women who come to Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to visit them"-- Provided by publisher.

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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone terribly awry.
 
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Presents divergent viewpoints on the state of capital punishment in the United States.

Contains a collection of articles published in the "New York Times" by various authors exploring controversies surrounding the death penalty. Discusses race and class, intellectual disability, juvenile offenders, and religiuos and medical perspectives. Includes a glossary, black-and-white photographs, and text-dependent questions.

Presents sixteen essays exploring the topic of the death penalty. Includes a list of organizations to contact for additional information.

In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, a convicted killer sentenced to die in Louisiana's electric chair.