Back from the dead: one woman's search for the men who walked off America's death row

by Cheever, Joan M.

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Full title :Back from the dead : one woman's search for the men who walked off America's death row / Joan M. Cheever.

Summary

What would happen if the United States abolished the death penalty and emptied its Death Rows? If killers were released from prison? What would they do with their second chance to live? Would they kill again? [In this book, the author] represented Walter Williams, a killer on Texans' Death Row, for nine years. The two grew up in the same hometown, only a few miles apart, but they came from very different worlds. [She] tried to stop his execution, but in October 1994 Williams' luck ran out. Standing in the Death House, Cheever Williams' had been released? Would he have killed again? That night she thought the answer to that question died with him. This new mother of two had no idea that her won "Death Row journey" was just beginning. [In the book, her] search for these former residents of Death Row, many of whom did not want to be found ... Can convicted killers be rehabilitated? Will they take their second chance at life, and kill again? -Dust jacket

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

Edition Identifiers

oclc:ocn166332661
Dewey Decimal:364.1523092273

Date with death -- "Visit" from Walter -- Winners of America's 1972 death row lottery -- Class of '72, where are you? -- Dead man walking and talking -- From a cell of law books to a library of one -- Once a con, always? -- Innocents, Pitts and Lee -- "Pops," the oldest member of the class -- Promise to keep -- Report card -- Promise to kill again -- Killer's 32-year Christmas shopping trip -- Finding Furman -- Finding forgiveness -- Epilogue -- History of the death sentence in the United States.

Subjects

Biographies Condamnés à mort -- Biographies. -- Éta… Death row inmates Death row inmates -- Biography. -- Unit… Ex-convicts Ex-convicts -- Biography. -- United Sta… Ex-détenus -- Biographies. -- États-Unis Meurtriers -- Biographies. -- États-Unis Murderers Murderers -- Biography. -- United States United States