Sentenced to Die
Last Statements and Dying on Death Row
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathan A Heflick (0000-0001-9822-8385, Youngstown State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 323-336 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/96x8-flut-tclh-el71 |
| OpenAlex | W2092805428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 23 |
Moments prior to execution, death row inmates are given time to say anything they desire. In these moments, what do inmates find most important to express? This study first examined the context of dying on death row. Conflicts over high death stigma (Silverman, 1994), just world beliefs (Lerner, 1980), system justification needs (Jost & Banaji, 1994), high death salience, lack of control, and facing their own crime were explored. Next, last statements were studied. Six themes, forgiveness, claims of innocence, silence, love/appreciation, activism and after life belief, were found. Lastly, suggestions for future research on death and dying on death row were made, with special attention paid to terror management theory (see Solomon, Greenberg, & Pyszcynski, 2004 for review) and system justification theory (see Jost, Banaji, & Nosek, 2004 for review)
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Forgiveness · Innocence · Psychoanalysis · Salience (neuroscience · Silence · Terror management theory · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Experience of Parental Marital Dissolution Earlier in Life and the Disposition to Forgive Among Older Violent and Non-Violent Prisoners
The unique influence of attachment to god on forgiveness among incarcerated males
Últimas palabras en el corredor de la muerte
Ethnic Differences in the Statements Made by Inmates About to be Executed in Texas
Dying and Misbehaving on Death Row
Last meals and final statements
The Social Structure of Death Row as a Total Institution and Elements of Fatalistic Suicide
Death Row Statements
Dealing with the inevitable
With God on One's Side
Closure and its myths
The Effect of Health and Penal Harm on Aging Female Prisoners' Views of Dying in Prison
In Their Own Words
My Debts to Society Paid in Full”
Dressed for Death
Framing Forgiveness
Honor on Death Row
Race, Ethnicity, and the Functional Use of Religion When Faced with Imminent Death
The Functional Use of Religion When Faced with Imminent Death
Debating the Death Penalty
The Belief in a Just World
Attitudinal Ambivalence and the Conflict between Group and System Justification Motives in Low Status Groups
The psychology of system justification and the palliative function of ideology
The Human Experience of Death or, What Can We Learn from Near-Death Experiences
Reduced death threat in near-death experiencers
The Belief in a Just World
Non-conscious forms of system justification
Group-Based Dominance and Opposition to Equality as Independent Predictors of Self-Esteem, Ethnocentrism, and Social Policy Attitudes among African Americans and European Americans
A Decade of System Justification Theory
The support of autonomy and the control of behavior
Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system
The role of stereotyping in system-justification and the production of false consciousness
Precursors of lethal violence
Debating the Death Penalty
The Sociological Eye
Families, Prisons, and Men with Death Sentences
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |