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New Jersey abolished its death penalty this week. An upcoming Supreme Court case may change the way states administer lethal injections. With the highest number of U.S. executions, Texas will be most affected by these developments, but as Bob reports, executions have become a grim routine for the Texas press.
please let me know the title of the book of crimes and last requests that you mentioned. it is not on your web page.
thanks
tp johnson
I am trying to find the title of the book on the executions that have taken place since 1982 in Texas.
Thank you,
Joel
Hello,
The name of the book mentioned in the story is by Bill Crawford and is called "Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Era." A new edition will be out next month.
Thanks,
Nazanin
In listening to this clip, I was struck that while the death penalty is (in part) supposed to act as a deterrent, if the U.S. press is reporting on executions; and if the public doesn't care to hear about executions, then how are they keeping crimes from being committed?
Also, will we pursue DNA exonerations of the innocent for lifers as well as for death row inmates?
Hi, even I campaign for the abolition of death sentence. India right now has about 150 persons convicted and sentenced to death. Even last week, the death sentence imposed on three persons was upheld by the High Court in Madras (chennai).
do you have books too on executions? We in India do not maintain such records.
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