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7 Σεπ 2021 · Last Words. Though it is not a constitutional right, the tradition of allowing condemned prisoners their last words is older than the U.S. Constitution itself. In 1692, when George Burroughs climbed the ladder to face his execution for witchcraft, he moved the Salem crowd to tears with a perfect recitation of the Lord’s Prayer before his hanging.
13 Δεκ 2023 · The state of Texas has executed nearly 600 men and women since 1982. Most of them had something to say in their last moments, and those words are now collected in a book, Final Words: 578 Men...
16 Αυγ 2020 · To prompt a deeper understanding of the death-penalty system in the US, photographer Jackie Black recreated the last meals requested by prisoners on death row before they were executed. Jackie...
19 Νοε 2019 · At the moment, we can break down the final statements of death row inmates into a few broad categories: expressions of guilt and remorse, proclamations of innocence, spiritual statements and communications to their families.
8 Ιουλ 2021 · Before the act of taking a death row prisoner’s life, whether by lethal injection, the gas chamber or historically another way, the condemned are given an opportunity to speak their last words.
A Unique and collaborative art exhibit by political cartoonists and death-row inmates designed to expand the conversation on capital punishment in the U.S.
13 Ιουν 2022 · In their final moments, Texas death row inmates are allowed to express any last words that they may have. Some decline, but others share feelings of love, regret, anger, sadness and...
