Pictures at an Execution |
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| Author:
| Lesser, Wendy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-66736-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is about murder--in life and in art--and about how we look at it and feel about it. At the center of Lesser's investigation is a groundbreaking legal case in which a federal court judge was asked to decide whether a gas chamber execution would be broadcast on public television.
This book is about murder--in life and in art--and about how we look at it and feel about it. At the center of Lesser's investigation is a groundbreaking legal case in which a federal court judge was asked to decide whether a gas chamber execution would be broadcast on public television.