Grave injustice : unearthing wrongful executions / Richard A. Stack ; foreword by Benjamin Todd Jealous.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stack, Richard A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Capital punishment.

Judicial error--United States.

Judicial error.

Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]

Contents:

Introduction : Framing the death penalty debate

Section one : Profiles in injustice. pt. 1. The abuse of science. Cameron Todd Willingham ; Derek Rocco Barnabei ; David Wayne Spence ; Joseph Roger O'Dell ; Claude Jones

pt. 2. Dubious eye witnesses. Jesse Tafero ; Ruben Cantu ; James Adams ; James Beathard ; Timothy Baldwin

pt. 3. Government misconduct. Larry Griffin ; Carlos DeLuna ; Girvies Davis

pt. 4. Ineffective counsel. Johnny Frank Garrett ; William Jasper Darden ; Gary Graham

pt. 5. Victims of political pressure. Leonel Herrera ; Roy Michael Roberts

Section two : Profiles in justice. pt. 6. Death penalty angels. Sister Helen Prejean ; Renny Cushing

pt. 7. Death penalty warriors. Shujaa Graham ; Martina Correia

pt. 8. Death penalty reformers. Dan Duffy ; Paul E. Pfeifer

Conclusion : Where do we go from here?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612341620

1612341624

OCLC:

795759573