A review by kaitlyn4170
The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions by Helen Prejean

5.0

First, I'm tickled that this Catholic nun received the Hitchens award for her book. This woman tells the story of two wrongfully convicted men who were put to death before ever getting an opportunity to even test the evidence available to them. The coldness and callousness of the court system is something everyone needs to read about because it's something so few people would ever imagine. The "machinery of death" is shown for the excruciatingly flawed and barbaric system that it is. I come out with no doubt that the death penalty must be abolished in its entirety, if for no other reason than the FACT of so many wrongful convictions, grossly unfair trials, and vastly unequal protection under the law. Also, wtf is wrong with you, Texas.