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The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Culture of Death Row

by Ivan Solotaroff

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Inside the human machinery of execution

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Inside the human machinery of execution

Ivan Solotaroff’s nonfiction examination of death row centers on the people directly involved in executions: those who carry them out, incarcerated people facing death, and others connected to the process. Framed as a firsthand report on the culture surrounding executions, the book turns attention from abstract public argument toward the personal roles and lives bound up in capital punishment. It also considers the distance between the often-concealed figure of the executioner and public support for executions in the United States since 1977, posing questions about collective responsibility and the desire for the death penalty.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in true crime focused on the institutions and people surrounding capital punishment
  • Those seeking firsthand nonfiction about death-row and execution practices
  • Readers exploring ethical and social questions raised by the death penalty

Themes

Capital punishmentDeath-row cultureExecutionersInstitutional responsibilityPublic support for executions

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Book overview

In fascinating detail, Ivan Solotaroff introduces us to the men who carry out executions. Although the emphasis is on the personal lives of these men and of those they have to put to death, The Last Face You'll Ever See also addresses some of the deeper issues of the death penalty and connects the veiled, elusive figure of the executioner to the vast majority of Americans who, since 1977, have claimed to support executions. Why do we do it? Or, more exactly, why do we want to?

The Last Face You'll Ever See is not about the polarizing issues of the death penalty -- it is a firsthand report about the culture of executions: the executioners, the death-row inmates, and everyone involved in the act. An engrossing, unsettling, and provocative book, this work will forever affect anyone who reads it.

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