I've been on a death penalty kick. I read and obsessed over The Bet by Anton Chekov months ago. That story led me to looking into solitary confinement and attempting to rewrite my own version of the story. I ended up reading and really liking The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer. Researching ideas from Mailer's book led me to Dale Brumfield.
Click here to learn more about Dale M. Brumfield, Journalist, Author, Cultural Archaeologist, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate. Check out his website for his books and articles. Dale recommends reading Closing the Slaughterhouse: The Inside Story of Death Penalty Abolition in Virginia for a history of the death penalty in Virgin.
Click here to see a visual of capital punishment in the US by state from 1970-2021
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