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Arthur Raven, the reluctant court-appointed attorney for Rommy Gandolph, a death-row prisoner convicted of triple murder, must face down an ambitious prosecutor, crooked cops, and a disgraced judge when he learns another inmate has new evidence that could exonerate his client.
3) Native son
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
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Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
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Travis Boyette, recently paroled and suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, resolves to confess that he committed a murder nine years earlier for which another man was convicted and awaits execution, but finds it difficult to convince lawyers and judges of their error.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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English
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"Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die--he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the...
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Amos Decker novels volume 2
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English
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Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution -- for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier -- when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime. Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short...
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Crown Publishers
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English
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Visited by a high-powered attorney who has initiated a clemency petition on her behalf and who is also the mother of her victim, death-row inmate Noa is slowly persuaded to share the events surrounding the murder in spite of her reluctance to reveal the whole story or have her life extended.
10) Open and shut
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 1
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English
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With the help of his lover, P.I. Laurie Collins, defense attorney Andy Carpenter discovers a startling link between his father's death, a death row inmate, and the three most powerful men in New Jersey, exposing a deadly political conspiracy.
11) Candlemoth
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Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013, c2003
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English
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"Daniel Ford has thirty days to live: accused of the horrific murder of his best friend Nathan twelve years before, he has exhausted all appeals and now faces the long walk to the electric chair. Father John Rousseau is the man to whom the last month of Daniel's life has been entrusted. With time running out, Ford begins to tell his story, beginning with his first meeting with Nathan, aged six by a South Carolina lake, through first loves, Vietnam,the...
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Combining topics such as crime, death, and life inside prison, an award-winning journalist, writing with humanity, empathy and insight, and gaining unprecedented access, traces the interwoven lives of condemned prisoners and the men and women who come to Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to visit them"--
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Harper
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him. A female investigator searches for buried information from prisoners' pasts that can save those soon-to-be-executed. Digging into the background of a killer named York, she uncovers wrenching truths that challenge familiar notions of victim and criminal, innocence and guilt, and reveals shocking...
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"1910: Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister in London and eager to prove himself, independent of his renowned detective father's influence. And the new case before him will be the test. When his client, arrogant biographer Russell Graves, is found guilty of murdering his wife, Daniel is dispatched by his superior to find the real killer before Graves faces the hangman's noose--in only twenty-one days. Could the violent death have...
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Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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Examines the life of Dominique Green, focusing on the years he spent on death row for his part in a robbery which resulted in the death of a man, his insistence that he did not pull the trigger, and efforts to appeal his case before he was executed by lethal injection in 2004.
17) Deception island
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Jurassic judgment volume 2
Publisher
Lost Canyon Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Imprisoned on dinosaur-infested Costa Rica, Oakley Laveau is haunted by the desperate question of why her mother tried to kill her. When a dream hints at answers to her mysterious past, she's determined to uncover the secrets of her manipulated DNA. Oakley boldly decides to flee and hunt down the truth at any price ... even execution. Slipping away from the island with the help of a loyal friend, headstrong Oakley makes it to a floating research lab....
18) Gone again
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 12
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago on her way to school. The night after the teenager's disappearance, ex-con Dylan Kyle was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi's clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation under interrogation sealed his fate at trial. Now, just days from Kyle's execution, Sashi's mother visits Jack Swyteck, doing pro bono work at the Freedom Institute, and delivers shocking news:...
19) The last suppers
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John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Ginny Polk works as a prison cook and also prepares the last meals of those sentenced to execution. When she stumbles upon information about the man executed for killing her father, it leads to a series of dark and painful revelations.
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Jurassic judgment volume 1
Publisher
Lost Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Dangerous Convicts. Deadly Dinosaurs. The secret encoded in her DNA lies between them ... Dedicated reptile expert Oakley Laveau loves the thrill of wrestling a 'gator. But her dream job at the swamp tour slips away when she's charged with a crime she doesn't remember: her best friend's murder. Sentenced to life on a secluded isle, she'll have to battle violent criminals and genetically modified dinosaurs to uncover the truth. As soon as she steps...
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