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Death Row: The Final Minutes

My Life as an Execution Witness in America's Most Infamous Prison

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Death Row: The Final Minutes

By: Michelle Lyons
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, John Moraitis, Michelle Lyons
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 In 12 years, Michelle Lyons witnessed nearly 300 executions. First as a reporter and then as a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville’s Walls Unit, where she recorded and relayed the final moments of death row inmates’ lives before they were put to death by the state. Michelle was in the death chamber as some of the United States' most notorious criminals, including serial killers, child murderers and rapists, spoke their last words on earth, while a cocktail of lethal drugs surged through their veins. Michelle supported the death penalty, before misgivings began to set in as the executions mounted. During her time in the prison system, and together with her dear friend and colleague, Larry Fitzgerald, she came to know and like some of the condemned men and women she saw die. She began to query the arbitrary nature of the death penalty and ask the question: do executions make victims of all of us? An incredibly powerful and unique look at the complex story of capital punishment, as told by those whose lives have been shaped by it, Death Row: The Final Minutes is an important take on crime and punishment at a fascinating point in America’s political history.©2018 Michelle Lyons (P)2018 Bolinda Publishing Crime Political Science Politics & Government United States World Murder
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Great read not my books from this viewpoint instering read e couldn’t put it down read it twice

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very interesting stories. I'm into true crime and find it fascinating to hear about the condemned last moments, last meal requests, thoughts and things they said.

highly recommended for true crime junkies

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