The Execution of a Serial Killer: One Man's Experience Witnessing the Death Penalty

Joseph D. Diaz

ISBN 10: 0970186274 / ISBN 13: 9780970186270

Published by Poncha Pr, Morrison, CO, 2002

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INSCRIBED by author on third page. Light edge wear, jacket rubbed, interior is clean. Seller Inventory # 009176

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Execution of a Serial Killer: One Man's ...

Publisher: Poncha Pr, Morrison, CO

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

In December of 2000, a young criminologist stared into the face of a serial killer as the man was executed. Unwittingly, the researcher became his own subject when he found himself emotionally unprepared for the brutality of capital punishment. A psychological crash, bordering on insanity, resulted as the author confronted his own feelings about life, death, and his religious faith.

In The Execution of a Serial Killer: One Man’s Experience Witnessing the Death Penalty, Dr. Diaz exposes the haunting mind of a deranged and violent serial killer and the origins of the criminal’s deadly urges. He transports the reader to a front row seat inside the death chamber of the Florida State Prison, revealing how it feels to witness an execution, and challenging all to ask themselves, "Could I witness an execution?"

This book tells the true story of the events that led to these two lives converging that night in Florida. It describes the life and the death of a serial killer, and the impact his execution had on a witness the killer never even knew.

From the Inside Flap:

One winter evening, two strangers came to within three feet of one another in the execution chamber of Florida State Prison. Edward Castro, a convicted serial killer, was about to die for the vicious murders he had committed. Dr. Joseph Diaz, a young criminologist and professor, was about to take part in the execution of a man he had never met.

Unwittingly, the researcher became his own subject when he found himself emotionally unprepared for the brutality of capital punishment. A psychological crash, bordering on insanity, resulted as the author confronted his own feelings about life, death, and his religious faith.

This book tells the true story of the events that led to these two lives converging that night in Florida. It describes the life and the death of a serial killer, and the impact his execution had on a witness the killer never even knew.