The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions
Jan 2006 · Vintage
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From the author of the national bestseller Dead Man Walking comes a brave and fiercely argued new book that tests the moral edge of the debate on capital punishment: What if we’re executing innocent men? Two cases in point are Dobie Gillis Williams, an indigent black man with an IQ of 65, and Joseph Roger O’Dell. Both were convicted of murder on flimsy evidence (O’Dell’s principal accuser was a jailhouse informant who later recanted his testimony). Both were executed in spite of numerous appeals. Sister Helen Prejean watched both of them die.As she recounts these men’s cases and takes us through their terrible last moments, Prejean brilliantly dismantles the legal and religious arguments that have been used to justify the death penalty. Riveting, moving, and ultimately damning, The Death of Innocents is a book we dare not ignore.
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Robin Camacho
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March 16, 2022
Read this when 1st released. Reading again with a more experienced eye/mind. This Sister/woman puts her mouth where it's needed to open eyes & push for ok to speak out about the state/federal death sentences. Death penalty protestors grow & laws need to be fixed.
Tavia Ormsby
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September 16, 2013
Scratching head that they want to kill Americans
Robbie Sherbert
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July 23, 2014
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Sister Helen Prejean travels extensively, giving, on average, 140 lectures a year, seeking to ignite public discourse on the death penalty. She has appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight, 60 Minutes, Oprah, NPR, and an NBC special series on capital punishment. She is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille and lives in Louisiana.
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