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Anatomy of an Execution — a Must Read Memoir for all Death Penalty Opponents

By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy on February 2, 2010
Posted in Indigent Defense in Capital Cases

You have to read this book. 

That’s all I really need to write here, but it’s impossible to stop typing about how David Dow’s memoir is so important for anyone connected with capital punishment to read — and why this is so.

First, he provides a clear and unique perspective.  David Dow is not only…

Death Penalty on Film: Capote (2005)

By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy on November 7, 2009
Posted in Indigent Defense in Capital Cases

This past week, the film Capote (2005) was shown on television — and while the name suggests that the movie covers the life of famed author Truman Capote, that’s not the case.  What the movie focuses upon is Capote’s involvement with two men who were executed by the  State of Kansas for the killings…

Great Book to Read Especially If It’s For Free, Online – The Death Penalty: A WorldWide Perspective

By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy on September 22, 2009
Posted in Death Penalty - Other Countries

Roger Hood’s The Death Penalty: a WorldWide Perspective is a great book.  This is true, even if it may be in need of a revised edition, given that this version was published in 2003. 

And, if you sign up for a free trial at Questia.com, you can read his book for free … this is…

Cameron Todd Willingham and John Grisham’s The Innocent Man

By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy on September 8, 2009
Posted in Players in a Death Penalty Case

John Grisham chose a story about the death penalty for his first non-fiction novel, and it’s well worth the read.  The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, has been out for awhile — so long in fact, that you can buy a used copy on Amazon for a buck ninety-nine ($1.99).  …

Claire Phillips’ Portraits of Death Row – Foreign Citizens Sentenced to Die

By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy on July 9, 2009
Posted in Players in a Death Penalty Case

Claire Phillips is a British artist who has traveled throughout the United States on a tour of Death Row facilities. Although she’s not allowed to bring any of her tools of the trade with her – no sketchbooks, no brushes, no palette knives or pens – she spends sufficient time with her chosen subjects to…

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