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Anatomy of an Execution : The Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas
ISBN: 9781555537135 | 1555537138
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Univ Pr of New England
Pub. Date: 11/30/2009
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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... MORE
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| The Major Figures | p. xxi |
| The Seeds Are Sown | p. 1 |
| Love and Murder | p. 23 |
| The Death Penalty in Virginia | p. 53 |
| On Trial for His Life | p. 90 |
| Life on the Row | p. 141 |
| Prelude to an Execution | p. 186 |
| The Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas | ... MOREp. 227 |
| Concluding Thoughts | p. 246 |
| Notes | p. 257 |
| Bibliography | p. 287 |
| Index | p. 297 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
TODD C. PEPPERS is an associate professor in the Department of Public Affairs at Roanoke College in Salem, 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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