- Title:
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Death Row: The Final Minutes: My Life as an Execution Witness in America's Most Infamous Prison
- Written by:
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Michelle Lyons
- Read by:
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Laurel Lefkow; John Moraitis; Michelle Lyons
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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7 hours
- Published:
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May 03 2018
- Available Date:
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May 03 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489446343
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; American; Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; True Crime
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Blink audio
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Format
Price
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The remarkable, unbelievable and provocative story of one woman's experiences working on death row in Huntsville, Texas.
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.