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The Autobiography of an Execution by David R Dow; OverDrive, Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. From Publishers Weekly In an argument against capital punishment, Dow’s capable memoir partially gathers its steam from the emotional toll on all parties involved, especially the overworked legal aid lawyers an

Who reads The Autobiography of an Execution?

Author

David R Dow; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Twelve

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609416508

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Memoir, Law, Biography

Rating

3.96 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13