death row inmates

Reprint of a 1915 novel based on London's own brief experience in jail, in which death row inmate Darrell Standing tells tales of life inside California's San Quentin prison.

Eliza Benedict unexpectedly hears from the man who kidnapped her when she was twelve and who is now on death row for the rape and murder of his final victim; but as she finds herself being drawn into his situation, it becomes apparent that he has a hidden agenda.

Eliza Benedict unexpectedly hears from the man who kidnapped her when she was twelve and who is now on death row for the rape and murder of his final victim; but as she finds herself being drawn into his situation, it becomes apparent that he has a hidden agenda.

Joe Middleton, also known as the infamous Christchurch Carver serial killer, is serving time in prison but he does not remember killing anyone, and while he waits for the psychiatrists to save him from execution, he is the target of sinister forces inside and outside the prison.

African-American John Coffey is a gentle giant of a man who is convicted of raping and murdering two little girls in 1935. While on death row Coffey must contend with pyschotic inmates and sadistic guards, but his fellow inmates and the prison guards soon see that he has the uncanny ability to heal people and animals.

Chronicles the clemency hearings of 167 death row inmates in the state of Illinois, and examines former governor George Ryan's decision to commute their death sentences shortly before the end of his gubernatorial term.

Intense collection of prison writings about racism, the judical system, the death penalty, and freedom of speech by a former journalist.