Anatomy of an Execution: The Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas

by Todd C. Peppers and Laura Trevvett Anderson

It is an undisputed fact that Chris Thomas was guilty of participating in a brutal double homicide. He was convicted of killing his girlfriend's parents in November of 1990, was sentenced to death in November of 1991, and was executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia in January of 2000. Chris Thomas was one of the last juvenile offenders to be put to death before the Supreme Court ruled that the execution of juveniles constituted cruel and unusual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555537138
• ISBN13: 9781555537135
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher