And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up." --ExcerptThis is a new edition of the best-selling novel with a specially commissioned new Foreword by Miriam Cooke.
Translation of Dei delitti e delle pene, published 1764.
Anthony Ray Hinton shares how he was wrongfully convicted of two counts of capital murder, sentenced to death by electrocution, and able to prove his innocence and reflects on the twenty-seven years he spent on death row.
Shattering current stereotypes, the book forces us to rethink our understanding of the politics of death and of punishment in America and beyond.
Polly Nelson accepted Ted Bundy's case as a pro bono project for her prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm, not realizing that she would have to balance her duties as her client's lawyer, her compassion for human life, the inhuman crimes ...
A study of capital punishment issues, including American attitudes, deterence problems, and discussions for and against the death penalty.
A condemnation of capital punishment by a nun who has often seen death row close-up.
This work examines the influence of race, gender, and class on understandings of criminal justice and shows how they varied across regions.
"In this wickedly humorous book, Geoffrey Abbott describes the effectiveness of instruments of torture and reveals the macabre origins of familiar phrases such as 'gone west' or 'drawn a blank'.