Death watch
Subtitle: a death penalty anthology
By: Lane Nelson, Burk Foster
Contributors: Foster, Burk
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States; Death row inmates -- United States; Death row -- United States
Description: "Death Watch is a topical, up-to-date collection of death penalty journalism and personal essays.

Drawing on the experiences and perspectives of Lane Nelson, a former death row inmate and current staff writer for "The Angolite," Louisiana's award winning prison news magazine, and Burk Foster, a University of Louisiane-Lafayette criminal justice professor and jail and prison expert witness, Death Watch looks at the death penalty as a legal process, a social reality, and a fundamental issue of public policy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-303) and index