Executed against the judgment of twelve jurors -- How crazy is too crazy to be executed? -- Racist and proud (and a judge) -- Sex-shamed to death -- The lawyer who drank his client to death -- When a kid kills his longtime abuser, Who's the victim? -- The confessions of innocent men -- A descending spiral -- Trials and errors -- Stranger in a strange land -- The n-word in the jury box -- Smoke -- Afterword.
Summary:
"Powerful, wry essays offering modern takes on a primitive practice, from one of our most widely read death penalty abolitionists"-- Provided by publisher.
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