Anthony Galvin
Auteur de Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty
A propos de l'auteur
Anthony Galvin is a highly experienced crime journalist and the author of more than a dozen works of nonfiction, including Family Feud Gangland Limerick Exposed, which was Ireland's top selling nonfiction book of 2004 and the most shoplifted book in Irish publishing history. He spent a decade afficher plus working as a crime reporter for daily newspaper and now writes full-time. He lives in southern Ireland. afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) crime guy, public speaking guy and magic guy are the same person. see LOC author authority
Œuvres de Anthony Galvin
The Great Polar Fraud : Cook, Peary, and ByrdHow Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had… (2014) 7 exemplaires
The Christmas Killer 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Galvin, Anthony John
- Date de naissance
- 1966-05-06
- Sexe
- male
- Notice de désambigüisation
- crime guy, public speaking guy and magic guy are the same person. see LOC author authority
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 84
- Popularité
- #216,911
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 20
The book points out the issues with all three of these types of capital punishment. They can all be botched, badly, even when trying to find the most “humane” way to administer the death penalty. The book looks at notable cases where the electric chair was used – Ted Bundy being the one name I recognized. They also looked at the youngest child (a 14-year old innocent black boy) to be put to death, and also the youngest girl (16 or 17, I think). The author also has two chapters near the end on innocent people being put to death.
Not exactly Christmas reading, but I found this really interesting. Having always lived in a country that doesn’t have the death penalty, I have waffled. Must admit – it doesn’t make me sad that Ted Bundy was put to death. However, when you hear of innocent people, I’m not convinced. And innocent people being put to death may be a higher number than people want to believe. It’s also more expensive to hold someone on death row (I knew that already). I was horrified to read that – even when there is additional evidence found to prove that someone is innocent, the Supreme Court is ok with that innocent person being put to death! As long as they were convicted in a proper trial, there is no need to release them! It would require a new trial, but that will only happen if the trial was not done properly the first time around. THAT is horrifying.… (plus d'informations)