The Autobiography of an Execution

Dow, David R.

ISBN 10: 0446562068 / ISBN 13: 9780446562065

Published by Twelve, New York, 2010

About this Item

Hardcover, x, 273 pp., unclipped jacket. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Excellent condition. "A riveting, artfully written memoir of a lawyer's life as he races to prevent death row inmates from being executed.".

Seller Inventory # 023721

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Autobiography of an Execution
• Publisher: Twelve, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446562068
• ISBN 13: 9780446562065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law
  • Texana

About this title

Synopsis

Near the beginning of The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow lays his cards on the table. "People think that because I am against the death penalty and don't think people should be executed, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, it isn't my place to forgive people, and if it were, I probably wouldn't. I'm a judgmental and not very forgiving guy. Just ask my wife."

It this spellbinding true crime narrative, Dow takes us inside of prisons, inside the complicated minds of judges, inside execution-administration chambers, into the lives of death row inmates (some shown to be innocent, others not) and even into his own home--where the toll of working on these gnarled and difficult cases is perhaps inevitably paid. He sheds insight onto unexpected phenomena-- how even religious lawyer and justices can evince deep rooted support for putting criminals to death-- and makes palpable the suspense that clings to every word and action when human lives hang in the balance.

About the Author

David R. Dow is professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and an internationally recognized figure in the fight against the death penalty. He is the founder and director of the Texas Innocence. He lives in Houston, Texas.