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It is an undisputed fact that Chris Thomas was guilty of participating in a brutal double homicide. He was convicted of killing his girlfriend's parents in November of 1990, was sentenced to death in November of 1991, and was executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia in January of 2000. Chris Thomas was one of the last juvenile offenders to be put to death before the Supreme Court ruled that the execution of juveniles constituted cruel and unusual punishment. In Anatomy of an Execution, Todd C. Peppers and Laura Trevvett Anderson tell the entire story, shedding light on issues surrounding the death penalty--such as the quality of court appointed counsel, the execution of juveniles (from both a constitutional law and public policy perspective), conditions of confinement on death row, and the role of spiritual advisors in the condemned's last days. While providing insight into the legal workings of the modern death penalty system, the book also offers a rare glimpse of a young, condemned man's life before and after the crime: a childhood ravaged by loss and neglect, a toxic first love, the brutal murders, trial and sentencing, and, ultimately, a chance at redemption. This is not an effort to excuse a crime but an assertion that even a murderer's life is worth more than its worst act.
About the Author: TODD C. PEPPERS is an associate professor in the Department of Public Affairs at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, and a lecturer in law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. He is the author of Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk. LAURA TREVVETT ANDERSON was Chris Thomas's high school teacher, corresponded with him extensively while on death row, and served as his spiritual advisor during his final days in the death house.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781555537135
  • Publisher: Northeastern University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Northeastern University Press
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1555537138
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Spine Width: 33 mm
  • Weight: 684 gr

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