JPL-2010-38-4-09-Entzeroth, Book Review
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The Autobiography of an Execution, by David R. Dow (New York, NY: Twelve, 2010), 273 pp., $24.99
An execution is an intimate event. As to the condemned
inmate, the intimacy seems obvious: The state is killing him.
But an execution also profoundly affects all those involved in
the execution process—from the family members of the
victim or the condemned, to the warden or guard who has
known the condemned inmate for many years, to the attorney
for the state who is pushing to end the prisoner’s life, to the
defense lawyer who is fighting to prevent. . .
Season:
2010
Volume:
38
Number:
4
Keywords:
The Autobiography of an Execution, David R. Dow 