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Miracle at Sing Sing : How One Man Transformed the Lives of America's Most Dangerous Prisoners
Miracle at Sing Sing How One Man Transformed the Lives of America's Most Dangerous Prisoners
Author: Ralph Blumenthal
In 1919, Lewis E. Lawes moved his wife and young daughters into the warden's mansion at Sing Sing prison. They shared a yard with 1, 096 of the toughest inmates in the world-murderers, rapists, and thieves who Lawes alone believed capable of redemption. Adamantly opposed to the death penalty, Lawes presided over 300 executions. His progressiv...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312308919
ISBN-10: 0312308914
Publication Date: 6/15/2004
Pages: 320
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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