Eligible for Execution: The Story of the Daryl Atkins Case

by Thomas G. Walker

Book Overview

This riveting and enlightening narrative unfolds on the night of August 16, 1996, with the brutal and senseless murder of Eric Nesbitt, a young man stationed at Langley Air Force Base, at the hands of 18-year-old Daryl Atkins. Over the course of more than a decade, Atkins's case has bounced between the lowest and the highest levels of the judicial system. Found guilty and then sentenced to death in 1998 for Nesbitt's murder, the Atkins case was then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872894185
• ISBN13: 9780872894181
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"