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Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them.

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"This is a dangerous book. Who knows how we will emerge from the encounter? It makes me want to live, use my energies in soul-sized pursuits like justice, like love. One of the psalms says that God collects our tears in a flask-so too does this collection of last words from human beings before they were killed." -Sister Helen Prejean"

Last Words of the Executed

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    A Hardback by Robert K. Elder, Studs Terkel

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 30 May 2010
      ISBN-13 9780226202686
      978-0226202686
      ISBN-10 0226202682
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      True crime Oral history

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      Book Synopsis
      Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them.

      Trade Review
      "This is a dangerous book. Who knows how we will emerge from the encounter? It makes me want to live, use my energies in soul-sized pursuits like justice, like love. One of the psalms says that God collects our tears in a flask-so too does this collection of last words from human beings before they were killed." -Sister Helen Prejean"

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