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Texas Death Row

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It's amazing the access Ken Light got to shoot this. Images are compelling and combined with the writing will give you insight into life on Death Row.

In Australia the last man to be excuted was Ronald Ryan in Pentridge prison, 1968 in Melbourne. He was innocent and they killed him anyway. Today they still kill prisoners and call it sucide. Texas Death row gives society a look at the condemed people who are really victums themselves of a society which offers no future. I have always been against capital punishment and this book confirms my beliefs. As one of the convicts Thomas Miller-El wrote in his interview "Its really amazing that such sadistic method are totally well and alive anywhere within a high tech society. Yet this savagery is constantly growing and is systematically a part of this countries politically correct methods of behaviour." It is a important critical review of US society. Capitalism should be put to death not people who have the IQ of mentally retarted and drug addicts. I am not saying people should not be punished for crimes, but killing prisoners doesnot prevent crime it just avoids a solution which the governments do not have. It is the same issue with guns. A very important book which should be read by everyone to raise the level of intellectual thinking of the public opinion.