In this remarkable book, based on recently revealed archival materials, Scott Christianson takes us on a disturbing and poignant tour of Sing Sing's legendary death house, and introduces us to those whose lives Sing Sing claimed.

A look at the prisioners who are unfairly imprisioned, written by a journalist.

Traces the history of the gas chamber, beginning with its first construction in Nevada in 1924 as a humane method of execution, and describes the political, corporate, and military uses for the technology through the twentieth century.

The Knight must restore his honor; a Princess must save her Kingdom.

100 Documents That Changed the World brings together the most important written agreements, declarations and statements in history.

An inside look at how technology helps bring criminals to justice.

Entries include: • The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer (750 BC) • Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) • The Diary of ...

This is the first book to examine the deadly history and potential apocalyptic future of both natural and man-made lethal gases that threaten our world.

He also examines imprisonment within the context of the larger society. With Liberty for Some is a thought-provoking work that will shed new light on the ways in which imprisonment has shaped the American experience.

Front cover -- title page -- copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1.