pms wrote:
> Carrol, does consensual mean uncontested,ie, no appeals are made by the
> prisoner?
Yes.
> Do you think it's cause it's really...
I don't know -- which is the reason I quoted directly rather than paraphrasing. In his article Linebaugh discusses two quite fascinating novels (by African Americans) dealing with the death penalty, and that discussion is illuminating on this question. I again urge people to look up the article. (Gruesome Gerty is prison slang for the electric chair.)
Carrol