death row inmates

Re-creates the crime, trial and events leading to the execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, who requested the death sentence.

Author provides insight into the world of death row inmates and those who have the power to punish with death.

In 1967, Mississippi Klansman Sam Cayhall is accused of bombing Marvin Kramer's law offices, killing Kramer's two sons. In 1990, just weeks before his execution, a young lawyer asks to work on his case.

Recounts the stories of one hundred men and two women wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in the United States.

The author, imprisoned on Death Row since 1981, describes life in prison, warning young readers not to make the mistakes he made.

Contains all six installments of the serialized horror novel about death row prisoner John Coffey and his fellow inmates and guards in the Green Mile wing of Cold Mountain Penitentiary.

A collection of essays in which inmates at American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and how they feel about capital punishment.

Presents a brief study of capital punishment in the United States and the controversy surrounding it.

Examines the case of Kirk Bloodsworth, sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, discussing how his continuous claims of innocence led to the evidence from the crime scene being subjected to the new technology of DNA testing, which resulted in his pardon by the governor of Maryland.

Tells the story of a young African-American man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.