Death Row: The Final Minutes
eBook - ePub

Death Row: The Final Minutes

My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Death Row: The Final Minutes

My life as an execution witness in America's most infamous prison

About this book

IN 12 YEARS, MICHELLE LYONS WITNESSED NEARLY 300 EXECUTIONS.

First as a reporter and then as a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville's Walls Unit, where she recorded and relayed the final moments of death row inmates' lives before they were put to death by the state.

Michelle was in the death chamber as some of the United States' most notorious criminals, including serial killers, child murderers and rapists, spoke their last words on earth, while a cocktail of lethal drugs surged through their veins.

Michelle supported the death penalty, before misgivings began to set in as the executions mounted. During her time in the prison system, and together with her dear friend and colleague, Larry Fitzgerald, she came to know and like some of the condemned men and women she saw die. She began to query the arbitrary nature of the death penalty and ask the question: do executions make victims of all of us?

An incredibly powerful and unique look at the complex story of capital punishment, as told by those whose lives have been shaped by it, Death Row: The Final Minutes is an important take on crime and punishment at a fascinating point in America's political history.

Information

Publisher
Blink Publishing
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781788700443
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Prologue: A Single Tear
  7. Chapter 1: Going To Sleep
  8. Chapter 2: Just A Job
  9. Chapter 3: A Fork In The Road
  10. Chapter 4: That’s Just Larry
  11. Chapter 5: The Party Never Ends
  12. Chapter 6: A Strange Kind Of Fellow
  13. Chapter 7: Look Again
  14. Chapter 8: Maybe The Pain Will Stop
  15. Chapter 9: A Horrible Place To Be
  16. Chapter 10: A Little Bit Darker
  17. Chapter 11: Stealing Time
  18. Chapter 12: Bursting Open
  19. Chapter 13: No Monopoly On Grief
  20. Chapter 14: A Day Without Sunshine
  21. Epilogue: My Job To Remember?
  22. Pictures
  23. Acknowledgements

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