A Saint on Death Row: How a Forgotten Child Became a Man and Changed the World
- ISBN-10
- 0767926463
- ISBN-13
- 9780767926461
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Thomas Cahill
Description
Relates the life of an African American inmate, sentenced to death for taking part in a robbery in which a victim was killed, and for whom opponents of the death penalty spent twelve years unsuccessfuly trying to have the case reviewed and his sentence overturned.
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