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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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very gòod. a different world. sad at times and a little look into a world none of us would ever like to find ourselves in

very interesting read. great voice to listen to

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An amazing book very inspirational and amazingly educational such a must listen. It will make you make you think and rethink the death penalty

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loved this book! .......... my first ever audio book and it wont be my last one

very interesting listen

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This was an interesting enough narrative, giving some good insights into life on the other side of the wall for both staff and prisoners involved in the death system. Very well narrated - unobtrusive and non-distracting. It also was not too long; this latter point was a saving grace really as a minute longer and I’d have been tempted to use the word “boring”. As can be the downfall of these “ordinary joe in extraordinary situation” tales, there was too much meandering into autobiography. The minutiae of the rather mundane personal lives and inner workings of these people is rarely of interest; it’s the situation, the tale, that is the reason someone bought their story.

Interesting...but lacking real oomph

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could have been great, but female reporter kept going on about herself. You'd swear she's being executed.

me, myself & I

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