Life after Death Row: Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity

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269 Index acceptance: community, 161–164, 165–167, 175–180, 185, 230, 235; psychological, 141–142, 152; social, 1, 12, 153, 195, 206, 222, 237–238 accountability, 206–207, 223, 226–227 acknowledgment of wrong, 11, 12, 160, 163, 192, 195, 206, 219, 221, 226–227, 237–238 acquittal at retrial, 35, 42 actual perpetrator’s identity, 185–186 adjustment, 7, 9, 14, 59, 61–65, 88–89, 91, 139–141, 160–166, 170, 216, 230 advocacy work, 140, 144, 148–152, 188 aftermath, 10, 15, 25, 83, 90, 133–135, 194, 197 Aggleton, P., 174 Alcott, Roger, 51 Allgood, Forest, 41–42 American Psychiatric Association, 95, 101 Amnesty International, 248n5 Ancona, Kim, 48–49, 244 Anderson, G., 248n4 Anderson, T., 61, 230–231 anger, 5, 8–9, 20, 56, 76–77, 91, 98–100, 106, 110, 133, 170, 219 Apel, R., 26 apology, 129, 176, 183, 184–185, 216–221, 230, 232, 233 appeals, 35, 40, 44, 46, 116, 162, 236 Appleton, C., 27 Arizona v. Krone, 248n12 Associated Press, 248n14, 252n15 Atkinson, Robert, 14, 17 atrocity, and trauma, 129–133, 136, 167 Austin, J., 83 Avery, M., 225 Ayalon, L., 95 Babwin, D., 251n2 Bahr, S., 26 Baker, Del, 50–51 Barksdale, Earlene Treva, 40–41 Barrett, Mark, 54, 95, 144, 226, 246 Beck, E., 127 Becker, Howard, 174–175 Beckwith, T., 252n9 Bedau, Hugo, 247n2 (chap. 2) Beech, N., 172 Beeman, Gary, xii, 39, 239; coping strategies, 140, 148, 154, 156; death penalty opposition, 125; dehumanization, 109; drug use, 119, 159, 210; Northwestern University conference, 152–153; release, 58, 60 Bendavid, N., 250n5 (chap. 9) Berardo, F., 76, 127 Bernhard, Adelle, 7, 60, 196, 197, 198, 199, 225, 250nn1,2,4 (pt. 4), 251n7 (chap. 10) Berrien, John, 51 Beszterczey, Sara, 112 bitterness, 5, 91, 148, 157. See also anger Blank, Jessica, 68, 188, 246, 248n3, 248n11, 252nn11,17 Blieszner, R., 75, 86 Bloodsworth, Kirk, xii, 4, 31, 33, 39–40, 239–240; alcohol and drug use, 157, 159; anger, 99; apology to, 219; attitude toward justice system, 208, 224–225; compensation, 68, 198, 202, 203, 204; coping strategies, 140, 142, 143, 149–150, 154; family, 161; frozen sadness, 76–77; future, 222; health problems, 69, 70, 71, 205–206; incarceration, 113, 118, 122–123, 126; Northwestern University conference, 153; postrelease needs, 211, 213; public exposure, 166, 170; release, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64; sense of security, 81; survivor guilt, 98; stigma, 178, 179–180, 181, 183, 185–186, 188; trauma, 131; web of impact, 84, 85, 89 Bloodsworth v. Maryland, 248n3 Blumenthal, Richard, 40 Boccella, K., 252n12 Bocknek, E., 75 Bodkin, M., 173, 174 Bonanno, George, 135, 137, 139, 141, 249n1 (chap. 9) Bonner, R., 184, 248n7 Boss, Pauline, 75, 76, 249n1 (chap. 9) Bowker, Lee, 111, 112 Boyle, J., 199 Braithwaite, John, xiii, 232, 233 Braithwaite, Valerie, xiii, 121 Brashers, D. E., 72, 91, 132, 133, 249n1 (chap. 4) Brison, S., 91, 95, 132, 133, 135, 169, 249n1 (chap. 4) Brown, Shabaka, 5, 18, 31, 34, 40–41, 240; anger, 91, 98, 99; on apology, 217; compensation, 203, 205, 207; coping strategies, 141; on death penalty, 126, 127, 227; decompression, 210–211; employment, 215; execution date, 116–117; future, 158; grief and loss, 73; hope, 121, 122; Northwestern University conference, 153; postrelease needs, 221; practical needs, 209; release, 57, 60, 64, 66; social support, 160, 162; suicide attempt, 119–120; web of impact, 89 Brown v. Florida (1980), 248n4 Brown v. Florida (1983), 248n4 Brown v. Florida (1986), 248n4 Bryant, Antonio, 51, 52 Budd, D., 117 Budd, P., 117 Burnett, Cathleen, xiii, 247n2 (chap. 2) Bushway, S., 27 Butler, Sabrina, xii, 4, 18–19, 21, 22, 30, 31, 33, 41–42, 240–241; assistance, 201; compensation, 203; execution date, 116; faith, 145; grief and loss, 73, 80, 88; public exposure, 165; release, 58, 60, 68, 124; social support, 122; stigma, 141, 170, 178–179, 180, 183 Butler, Walter Dean, 41–42, 178, 241 Butler v. Mississippi, 248n5 Cabana, Donald, 107, 111, 114 Campbell, Kathryn, 7, 26, 92, 133, 195, 209 Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty, 248n14 Cape, A., 136, 256 capital punishment, xi, 15–16, 29, 31, 77, 126–128, 188, 227, 236–237. See also death penalty Index 270 Carter, Rubin “Hurricane,” 99, 103, 249n1 (chap. 7) “Case for Innocence, The” (Frontline report), 249n1 (pt. 2) Cassell, P., 247n2 (chap. 2) catastrophe, and trauma, 127, 130–133, 166 Centurion Ministries, 41...