Back from the Dead: One Woman's Search for the Men Who Walked off America's Death Row

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What would happen if the United States abolished the death penalty and emptied its Death Rows? IfxA0; killers were released from prison? What would they do with their second chance to live? Would they kill again?Back From The Dead is the story ofxA0; 589 former death row inmates who, through a lottery of fate, were given a second chance at life in 1972 when the death penalty was abolished; it returned to the United States four years later.During the years she represented Walter Williams on Texasx2019; Death Row, Cheever always wondered what would happen if his death sentence was reversed and he was eventuallyxA0; released from prison. Would he have killed again? Two years after Williamsx2019; execution,xA0; Cheever was determined to find the answer. Leaving her young family and comfortable life in suburbia, she traveled across the U.S. and into the lives and homes ofxA0; former Death Row inmates, armed only with a tape recorder, notepad, a cell phone that didnx2019;t always work,and a lot of faith. In Back from the Dead , Cheever describes her own journey and reveals these tales of second chances: of tragedy and failure, racism and injustice, and redemption and rehabilitation.Visit www.backfromthedeadusa.com to find out more.