Back from the dead: one woman's search for the men who walked off death row
"Joan M. Cheever represented Walter Williams, a killer on Texas' 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. Cheever tried to stop his execution, but in October 1994 Williams' luck ran out. Standing in the Death House, Cheever wondered what would have happened if 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 ha…
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- Full title :Back from the dead : one woman's search for the men who walked off death row / Joan Cheever.
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"Joan M. Cheever represented Walter Williams, a killer on Texas' 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. Cheever tried to stop his execution, but in October 1994 Williams' luck ran out. Standing in the Death House, Cheever wondered what would have happened if 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 own "Death Row journey" was just beginning." "Dead men don't talk but Cheever knew that somewhere in the United States there were almost 600 killers and rapists who had the answer. In 1972, this group won the death row lottery when the death penalty was abolished. More than 300 were paroled and have been living and working in communities across America." "Back From The Dead tells of Cheever's exhaustive and sometimes dangerous search for these former residents of Death Row, many of whom did not want to be found. They had built new lives and some were valued members of society; a few killed again. The personal stories of these men, some who came within days of execution, explores a significant question at the heart of the death penalty debate: Can convicted killers be rehabilitated? Will they take their second chance at life, and kill again?"--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:2006.
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- Publisher(s):John Wiley
- Place of Publication:Chichester
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
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- Description:xi, 308 pages ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0470017503, 9780470017500
- oclc:ocn976186380
- Dewey Decimal:364.1523092273
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