High-powered corporate attorney Val Covington uses a million-dollar windfall to open her own legal practice and fight for the causes she believes in. Joining her is her assistant Kendra, who believes her former lover is wrongly...
Capital punishment
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Author:Putney, Mary Jo.Summary: - 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:ANDREYEV, Leonid NikolayevichSummary:
The Seven Who Were Hanged depicts the fates of five terrorists foiled in their attack and two common peasants who have received death sentences. These condemned men are awaiting their executions by hanging. In prison, each of the...
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Author:Lepionka, KristenSummary:Brad is on death row for the murders of his girlfriend, who disappeared fifteen years ago, and her parents. His last hope is troubled PI Roxane Weary, who is hired to locate his girlfriend.
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Author:GRISHAM, JohnSummary:In the major-league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory...
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Author:Anna HaebichSummary:Between 1907 and 1908, three small children died in Perth, Western Australia. It was claimed that their stepmother, Martha Rendell, murdered them. Public opinion, inflamed by horrific descriptions of how the children were poisoned,...
- Author:Paul R Wilson; Don Trebble; Robyn LincolnSummary:
The last woman executed in this country went to the gallows despite severe doubts about what part she played in the murder of 73-year-old SP bookmaker Pop Kent at Carlton in 1949. The meticulous detail of this book shatters assumptions...
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Author:Prejean, HelenSummary:In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, a convicted killer sentenced to die in Louisiana's electric chair.
