Tennessee's new abolitionists
Subtitle: the fight to end the death penalty in the volunteer state
By: edited by Amy L. Sayward and Margaret Vandiver.
Contributors: Sayward, Amy L., 1969-; Vandiver, Margaret.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781572337046
Subjects: Capital punishment -- Tennessee
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abolitionist efforts in Tennessee from statehood to 1959 / Margaret Vandiver; title: The new south's abolitionist governor : Frank G. Clement's attempt to abolish the death penalty / Sekou M. Franklin; title: Faith and fear : the debate surrounding the 1977 reinstatement of capital punishment / Amy L. Sayward; title: Swimming against the tide : abolitionist efforts since reinstatement / Harmon Wray and James E. Staub Jr; title: Rituals of resistance: seeking moral and cultural transformation for abolition / Peter R. Gathje; title: Mental illness and the death penalty / Dixie Gamble; title: Effective defense representation in tennessee death penalty cases: appearance versus reality / Bill Redick; title: Judicial independence and capital punishment in tennessee / Penny J. White; title: Covering capital punishment : an analysis of Tennessee newspapers' coverage of Coe, Alley, and Workman / Theresa Laurence; title: A gift of grace : forgiving our daughter's murderer / Hector Black; title: Facing death in Tennessee / Four anonymous Death Row authors; title: Voices from within the Tennessee Department of Corrections / Tammy Tate, Anne Livingston-Garrett, and Jerry Welborn; title: A view from within the death house / Joseph B. Ingle; title: An interview with the sisters of Robert Glen Coe / Bonnie DeShields and Billie Jean Mayberry ; interviewed by Amy Sayward; title: Last thoughts / Sedley Alley; title: Reflections / Stacy Rector and Steve Henley.