Dead Run: The shocking story of Dennis Stockton and Life on Death Row in America
Life on death row is not easy. It is tough mentally as well as physically. I never been there nor have I ever known someone there, but it is obvious that life on death row is no walk in the park to say the least. Joe Jackson and William Burke in Dead Run retell the stories of Dennis Stockton's diaries written while on death row. Stockton was a prisoner awaiting his death sentence on death row at the Mecklenberg prison in Virginia. The main objective of this book is to give the reader an inside look at prison, specifically death row. Dennis Stockton gives this look from first hand experiences. Jackson and Burke's (1999) purpose in writing this book was to show how that the people on death row are, despite what they have done to be placed there, still people. Jackson and Burke accomplish their goal by humanizing death row for the reader. This book is told through the perspective of one inmate, a career criminal, Dennis Stockton. Dead Run is about the time spent by Stockton on death row, and his fight for a retrial. Stockton received his death sentence in 1983 and was sent to Mecklenberg, a supposedly escape-proof prison. From the day Stockton was convicted he maintained his innocence. The book begins with his transfer
Probably due to the fact the Stockton jumped around in his topics in his writings. From early on Dennis Stockton it was up to himself to make his life better. After a few days Stockton meets the Briley brothers, both were on death row for murdering 20+ people. But on the other side, the weaknesses of this book would have to be the strong-windedness of the authors and that the story would sometimes jump around a little. These pages go into detail the last day of Dennis Stockton's life. The book was easy to get through, as it was always fun and interesting to read. Anyone that wants an objective view of life in prison, or death row would enjoy this book. Just before Stockton is to be executed the phone rings. It does this by giving a perspective not normally seen. Stockton then helped the Briley brothers to mastermind the only mass escape from death row. The biggest strengths of this book are that Jackson and Burke packed it full of information and kept the book interesting. Some grudges stayed until the very end when some guards played a couple of the cruelest acts thinkable on Stockton. Jackson and Burke, despite being a little wordy at times they kept the flow of the book at a good quick pace.
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