xvii, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note
"First published in France by Edition Fayard, 2001"--T.p. verso.
Contents
Weeds--a poem -- 1. From the beginning -- 2. Another day in paradise -- 3. Politics of death and the death row chain gang -- 4. Prison labor, rehabilitation, closure, volunteers -- 5. The execution protocol -- 6. Recent challenges to the death penalty offer hope -- Man's humanity--a poem -- The bureaucracy of death.