Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain

Synopsis

Within These Walls is the powerful memoir of Rev. Carroll Pickett, who spent fifteen years as the death house chaplain at "The Walls," the Huntsville unit of the Texas prison system. In that capacity Reverend Pickett ministered to ninety-five men before they were put to death by lethal injection. They came with sinister nicknames like "The Candy Man" and "The Good Samaritan Killer," some contrite, some angry--a few who might even have been innocent. All of them found in Reverend Pickett their last chance for an unbiased confessor who would look at them only as fellow humans, not simply as the convicted criminals the rest of society had already dismissed them as. This firsthand experience gave Reverend Pickett the unique insight needed to write an impassioned statement on the realities of capital punishment in America. The result is a thought-provoking and compelling book that takes the reader inside the criminal mind, inside the execution chamber, and inside the heart of a remarkable man who shares his thoughts and observations not only about capital punishment, but about the dark world of prison society.

Copyright:

2002

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

274 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780312287177

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

07/27/07

Copyrighted By:

Rev. Carroll Pickett and Carlton Stowers

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Pam Quinn

Proofread By:

dean martineau

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.