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Jack Tobin, a Florida trial lawyer, is committed to justice for the innocent. But when he's presented with Henry Wilson's case, he's unsure of the convict's innocence. Wilson has eight weeks to live, and Tobin has to decide if he can and will help him.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (568 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Breaking out of maximum security at Fox River was the easy part. Now, Michael Scofield must fight to survive inside Sona, a hellish Panamanian prison where the only rule is brutal violence and the only way out is in a body bag. So, with time running out, Lincoln Burrows scrambles desperately to free his brother along with the only man who can deliver Lincoln's captive son from the sinister clutches of The Company.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Description
"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"--
44) Fury
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Series
Frank Corso mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
45) We'll fly away
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English
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"Toby and Luke are best friends, bound by a goal of leaving their hometown for Luke's wrestling scholarship, but a series of events during their senior year will test their resolve"--
Luke and Toby have been best friends since they were kids; both have abusive fathers and absent mothers. Luke was counting on a wrestling scholarship to get him-- and Toby-- out of this dead-end town. But a series of choices sets them down an irrevocable path, and now...
Author
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Christopher Paget novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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A harrowing story of a possibly innocent man, the labyrinthine politics of death row, a lawyer's personal and professional crisis.
47) No man of God
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. During the early days of the agency's criminal profiling unit, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier met with the incarcerated Ted Bundy in the hopes of understanding the psychology of the serial killer and providing closure for the victim's families. As Hagmaier delves into Bundy's dark and twisted mind,...
48) Life after death
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
399 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Falsely accused of murdering three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas, eighteen-year-old Echols, deemed the "ringleader" of the West Memphis Three, was sentenced to death. Then in August 2011 the WMT were released. In these pages, Echols describes the terrors he experienced every day and his outrage toward the American justice system, and offers a firsthand account of living on Death Row in heartbreaking, agonizing detail.
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[2006]
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6 videodiscs (960 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Most men would do anything to get out of jail, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother has been sentenced to die for a crime he didn't commit, and the only way to save him is from the inside out.
Pub. Date
[2016]
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2 videodiscs (275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It follows the life of Daniel Holden, who returns to his small hometown in Georgia after serving nineteen years on death row. Having spent his entire adult life waiting to die, Daniel must now try to find a way to cope with his past and forge a "normal" life with a future before him. Season three picks up on the very afternoon of Daniel's plea deal. Will the deal be accepted? Will Daniel be forced to leave town?
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (961 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael Scofield and his brother Lincoln Burrows have escaped prison and are on the run. Michael and Lincoln, along with several other escaped convicts, are not just running from the law and the FBI, they are devoting their time to uncovering a vast government plot that takes them around the world.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Based on the true story of the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia. Taking place in the 1940s in Cuthbert, Georgia, this is a story of one woman's desperate attempts to rise above the challenges of her life, the choices she makes, and the consequences. She is pressured to work for Elliot Arthur, a father, a mill worker and a raging drunk. As their relationship unfolds, it becomes strained, and is considered unacceptable for that...
Pub. Date
[2015]
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3 videodiscs (451 min.) : sound, color, DVD video ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Daniel Holden is committed to living in the present. Unfortunately, there are many places and faces in his hometown that remind Daniel of the past; his incarceration, Hanna, and his role in Hanna's murder.
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Pub. Date
[1995]
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ix, 308 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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A death-row thriller in which a reporter discovers at the last moment that a condemned man is innocent. The novel follows the reporter's attempt to save the man's life, while minute-by-minute preparations for the execution go ahead. By the author of Corruption.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Twenty years ago, Dennis Danson was arrested and imprisoned for the brutal murder of a young girl. Now he's the subject of a true-crime documentary that's whipping up a frenzy online to uncover the truth and free a man who has been wrongly convicted. A thousand miles away in England, Samantha is obsessed with Dennis's case. She exchanges letters with him, and is quickly won over by his apparent charm and kindness to her. Soon she has left her...
59) Deadline
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
What would you do if you discovered that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent? That was exactly the dilemma that Illinois Governor George Ryan faced in his final days in office. He, alone, was left to decide whether the remaining 167 death row inmates should live or die. This details the gripping drama of the clemency hearings during the countdown to Ryan's decision. Documented as the events unfolded, this is a compelling look inside...
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2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Adapted for young readers, this true story follows a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit and how he transformed not only his own spirit, but those of his fellow inmates, until his release in 2015.
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