Dead Men Walking: Life on Death Row (True Crime)
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From Charles Manson to Peter Sutcliffe, from Ruth Ellis to James Hanratty - what it is like to live behind bars with the constant threat of death hanging over them
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In 1992 Ray Krone, a former sergeant in the US Air Force, was sentenced to death for the murder of Kimberly Ancona, a bar manager found stabbed to death in a restaurant near his home in Arizona. There were countless holes in the prosecution's case and ten years later the victim's clothes were examined using newly-developed DNA testing technology. Krone was completely exonerated and released from jail, but not before he'd spent an entire decade on death row. DEAD MEN WALKING tells the incredible stories of those men and women who have lived their lives behind bars with the constant threat of death by fellow prisoners, or by state execution, hanging over them. What is it like to live out your days inside one of the world's toughest prisons, knowing you'll never again see beyond the exercise yard? Is it really possible to make friends, or form relationships inside? What should you do if, like Ray Krone, you've been sentenced to die for a crime you did not commit?
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I read the one other review for this book and was hesitant to buy it but looking at the price i thought i would give it a go and im glad i did. Ive read hundreds of books on true crime and this was one of the best books ive read. It went into depth about what each person did to their victims (not for the faint hearted) and explained every detail about the murders and the killers background and how they grew up. I also liked how the book was laid out into sections. I am away to purchase another of Bill Wallaces books 'on the rampage' and hopefully will be as happy with that book as i was with this one. Worth a read for true crime fanatics!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I really wish the author of this book would sit down and read it and tell me why there is so many mistakes in it.
One man is executed in 1993 yet he commited the murder in 1994 - a year after he died?????????
this book has been flung together overnight - i cannot be bothered to highlight all the mistakes --- avoid it
One man is executed in 1993 yet he commited the murder in 1994 - a year after he died?????????
this book has been flung together overnight - i cannot be bothered to highlight all the mistakes --- avoid it
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The product decription poses several questions, which led me to believe they would be answered in the book. "What is it like to wait on Death row for years, can you build relationships in that harsh environment?" Apart from the introduction,which posed more questions,the book failed to answer any of these questions,or even attempt to address these issues.
Instead we are given the 'cold' facts that have been recounted in numerous books(he must have read'Serial Killers'by William Murray) not always accurately;in the Timothy McVeigh chapter he at first relates him spending the rest of his days in a Federal Institution and subsequently how he was executed.
Reading the book hoping to gain some insight into the mind of those sentenced to death(specifically the innocent),I was none the wiser after I had read it. I felt that a precis of each case leading up to their death sentence would have been sufficient, and more research done into the suffering(or otherwise) and conditions of death row inmates that the title and pre-amble suggested.
All in all,it did not do what it said on the tin.
Instead we are given the 'cold' facts that have been recounted in numerous books(he must have read'Serial Killers'by William Murray) not always accurately;in the Timothy McVeigh chapter he at first relates him spending the rest of his days in a Federal Institution and subsequently how he was executed.
Reading the book hoping to gain some insight into the mind of those sentenced to death(specifically the innocent),I was none the wiser after I had read it. I felt that a precis of each case leading up to their death sentence would have been sufficient, and more research done into the suffering(or otherwise) and conditions of death row inmates that the title and pre-amble suggested.
All in all,it did not do what it said on the tin.
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Interesting read
This was a book I just couldn't put down. It was such an interesting read. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.
Published 13 days ago by Janine
Flawed!!!
As others have pointed out, errors are legion throughout this book.
Execrable spelling with a tenuous grip on grammar and punctuation. Read more
Execrable spelling with a tenuous grip on grammar and punctuation. Read more
Published 2 months ago by ch0pper
Even without purchasing this book i knew it was a duffer!
Life on Death Row ..... Hmmmmmmm.
Here in the Uk we don't have capital punishment yet on the cover is serial killer Dennis Nielsen! Read more
Here in the Uk we don't have capital punishment yet on the cover is serial killer Dennis Nielsen! Read more
Published 5 months ago by anchorman321
Good
But not well written. There are lots of spelling mistakes but I have enjoyed reading this book.
Doesn't look as if it's been proof read. Read more
Doesn't look as if it's been proof read. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Emilysmummy
Inaccurate precis on the back of this book....
This is not a bad book. It just doesn't deliver what it promises. There is nothing in this book about what it is like for people living on death row. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Eckybun
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