false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181739979m/1186052.jpg 1186052 1 Former Texas prison chaplain Rev. Carroll Pickett, working with two time Edgar Award-winner and New York Times best selling author Carlton Stowers, provides this eloquent, unflinching look at capital punishment.Within These Walls is the powerful memoir of Rev. Pickett, who spent fifteen years as the death house chaplain at "The Walls," the Huntsville unit of the Texas prison system.In that capacity Rev. Pickett ministered to 95 men before they were put to death by lethal injection. They came with sinister nicknames like "The Candy Man" and "The Good Samaritan Killer," some contrite, some angry-a few who might even have been innocent.All of them found in Rev. Pickett their last chance for an unbiased confessor who would look at them only as fellow humans, not simply as the convicted criminals the rest of society had already dismissed them as.This first-hand experience gave Rev. Pickett the unique insight needed to write an impassioned statement on the realities of capital punishment in America.The result is a thought-provoking and compelling book that takes the reader inside the criminal mind, inside the execution chamber, and inside the heart of a remarkable man who shares his thoughts and observations not only about capital punishment, but about the dark world of prison society.AUTHORBIO: Rev. Pickett is today an outspoken anti-death penalty activist.He is retired from the Department of Corrections but still preaches near Huntsville, Texas.Carlton Stowers is the author of more than two doze non-fiction books, including the Edgar Award-winging Careless Whispers, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Innocence Lost, and Open Secrets.He has also written two books for children-A Hero Named George and Hard Lessons-which are being used by elementary schools as part of their drug and gang prevention program.He and his wife live in Cedar Hill, Texas. 1174024 24 5 2002 Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain total:9|5:4|4:2|3:3| 9 37 22 3 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Jun 12 13:43:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 11:01:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 16 13:24:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:25:22 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 09:56:17 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 12:31:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 09:15:29 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 09:15:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 10:47:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 10:47:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 23:43:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 23:43:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 05:34:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 05:34:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 07:21:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:21:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 14:00:54 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 14:00:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 14:59:57 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 15:00:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 16 11:33:21 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 11:33:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 12 10:47:24 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 10:47:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 28 12:24:07 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:24:07 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Aug 21 06:55:12 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 06:55:12 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jun 12 08:52:21 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 10:35:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 09 18:43:54 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 18:43:54 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat May 31 12:56:25 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 12:56:25 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 31 10:17:22 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 10:17:22 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed May 21 13:33:06 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 13:33:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 19 15:55:15 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 15:55:19 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1186052