Angels of the Death Row

Dutch investigative journalist Linda Polman has spent years studying death row inmates and their families in US prisons. The average time between the first death sentence and the actual execution is sixteen years, but there are men on American death row who have been on death row for twenty-five years or more (and sometimes completely innocent). Their wives, fiancées and family members are forced to go through these rounds with them, sometimes with despair, sometimes with fear of death, sometimes with resignation. The renowned journalist tells their stories and many other infinitely exciting details with deep compassion and great insight, while we also gain insight into the details of the execution of death sentences, whether it is the electric chair or a poison cocktail.