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Death row inmates
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Author:Ahlborn, AniaSummary: - Author:Carley, DaveSummary:
Twelve Hours is the story of Jimmy Stanton. Convicted of the rape and murder of a young woman, Jimmy is facing his last hours on Death Row. As his story unfolds, so do those of the people whose lives he has impacted, from the sister of...
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Author:Hinton, Anthony RaySummary:"An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This program includes a forward written and read by Bryan Stevenson, and a bonus author commentary from Anthony...
- Author:McTiernan, DervlaSummary:
In this mother and daughter story, one is running from a horrible truth and the other fighting to reveal it. And the first rule is: Make them like you. Second rule: Make them need you. Third rule: Make them pay.
- Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:
Amos Decker takes an interest in the case of a convicted murderer after discovering striking similarities to his own life. Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were...
- Author:LONDON, JackSummary:
This book by Jack London was published under the name of "The Jacket" in the UK and "The Star Rover" in the US. A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life...
- Author:Rakha, NaseemSummary:
Irene and Nate embark on a new life in Oregon with their two children, Bliss and Shep. But shortly after their move the family is devastated when Shep is gunned down by an intruder in their home. Irene struggles through the aftermath,...
- Author:Gardner, LisaSummary:
An instant New York Times bestseller! My name is Frankie Elkin, and finding missing people is what I do. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing locked-room style thriller set on a remote island....
- Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:
“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former...
- Author:Jenkins, Jerry B.Summary:
Jenkins highlights two men whose lives converge inside Washington State's most unforgiving supermax prison. A death sentence is Brady Darby's punishment for a life of delinquency and murder. But after God uses Chaplain Carey to...
- Author:Kukafka, DanyaSummary:
Serial killer Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. Told through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life.
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Author:Wright, Richard N.Summary:Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after...
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Author:Musgrave, SusanSummary:The characters from Susan Musgrave’s A Cargo of Orchids are back in this brilliantly engaging novel. Rainy, the Mexican-American woman, and Frenchy, the African-American, along with Musgrave’s narrator X have returned and convincingly...
- Author:Hill, ErnestSummary:
When Tyrone Stokes was sent to prison, he left his wife to raise their son, Marcus, alone. Now Tyrone is free, but 17-year-old Marcus is on Louisiana's death row for the murder of a young white girl. Convinced of his son's innocence,...
- Author:Junkin, Tim.Summary:
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland's gas chamber. Maintaining his innocence, he read everything on criminal law available in the...
- Author:Linney, RomulusSummary:
Based on Ernest J. Gaines' National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A lesson before dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940's. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted...
