DEATH PENALTY
WHEN LIFE GENERATES DEATH (LEGALLY)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here is a short bibliography of books about death penalty, in chronological order.
If you know others of them, please write us with your suggestions.

MOLL FLANDERS - D. Defoe, London 1922
The life of Moll Flanders, born in the Newgate prison by a mother who in this way escaped execution.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - H. Lee, Philadelphia & New York 1960
The description by a young girl of the judicial vicissitude of a sentenced to death black man who is pleaded for by her father.

THE HANGWOMAN - P. Kohout, Rome 1980
The story of an aspiring hangwoman who attends a school for executioners.

OPEN DOORS - L. Sciascia, Milan 1987
A trial against a murderer, which held place in Sicily in the thirties.