03760cam a2200361 4500 233566932 TxAuBib 20150806120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781607881360 1607881365 c034815c-af1e-41fc-9095-5149c9327b01 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 304452 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dow, David R. Autobiography of an Execution [Libby Audiobook]. Hachette Audiobooks, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 223MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 223MB. HTML:<p>Near the beginning of The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow lays his cards on the table. "People think that because I am against the death penalty and don't think people should be executed, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, it isn't my place to forgive people, and if it were, I probably wouldn't. I'm a judgmental and not very forgiving guy. Just ask my wife."</p> <p>It this spellbinding True-Crime narrative, Dow takes us inside of prisons, inside the complicated minds of judges, inside execution-administration chambers, into the lives of death row inmates (some shown to be innocent, others not) and even into his own home-where the toll of working on these gnarled and difficult cases is perhaps inevitably paid. He sheds insight onto unexpected phenomena- how even religious lawyer and justices can evince deep rooted support for putting criminals to death- and makes palpable the suspense that clings to every word and action when human lives hang in the balance.</p>. Professor and anti-death-penalty attorney David Dow can't separate his personal life from his work. In just a chapter or two, listeners will feel they know his family more intimately than some of his condemned clients. One troublesome case demonstrates the penetrating frustration lawyers encounter with the appeals process. Dow speaks shamelessly of his drinking, sadly of his lack of time for his son, and frankly of a near loss of vision. He writes and narrates the story like bullets in a PowerPoint presentation. The dialog comes to us as lots of "I said . . . " and "He said . . . ," but Dow's powerful descriptive abilities overcome his terse style. The audiobook's novel technique, copious forensics, and desperate legal maneuvers will please everyone with a fascination for true-crime. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=c034815c-af1e-41fc-9095-5149c9327b01 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/304452-AutobiographyOfAnExecution.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/304452-AutobiographyOfAnExecution.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C034815C-AF1E-41FC-9095-5149C9327B01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/304452-AutobiographyOfAnExecution.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/304452-AutobiographyOfAnExecution.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C034815C-AF1E-41FC-9095-5149C9327B01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)