An Expendable Man: The Near-Execution of Earl Washington, Jr. Contributor(s): Edds, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814722229 ISBN-13: 9780814722220 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: How is it possible for an innocent man to come within nine days of execution? "An Expendable Man" answers that question through detailed analysis of the case of Earl Washington Jr., a mentally retarded, black farm hand who was convicted of a rape and murder he did not commit. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2002155791 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.28" W x 9.04" (1.12 lbs) 243 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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Publisher Description: How is it possible for an innocent man to come within nine days of execution? An Expendable Man answers that question through detailed analysis of the case of Earl Washington Jr., a mentally retarded, black farm hand who was convicted of the 1983 rape and murder of a 19-year-old mother of three in Culpeper, Virginia. He spent almost 18 years in Virginia prisons--9 1/2 of them on death row--for a murder he did not commit. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edds, Margaret: - As a reporter and now editorial writer for the Virginian-Pilot, the state's largest paper, Margaret Edds interviewed Earl Washington Jr. extensively and worked closely with his attorneys and all the principles of the case. She is the author of two critically acclaimed books on southern and African American issues, Free at Last and Claiming the Dream: The Victorious Campaign of Douglas Wilder of Virginia. |