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    The Autobiography of an Execution (Hardback) By (author) David R Dow

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    Short Description for The Autobiography of an ExecutionFor a lot of good reasons, and some that are not so good, executions in the U.S. are carried out in private. [This] is a riveting and compelling account of a Texas execution written and narrated by a lawyer in the thick of the last minute chaos.--John Grisham.
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  • 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.