(029434) Smith, Edgar. Brief Against Death. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 364 pages. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Introduction by William F. Budkley, Jr. In 1957, the author of this book was convicted of the brutal murder of a 15 year old girl. For more than 11 years he has lived in the shadow of the electric chair in the Death House of the NJ State Prison. This is his firsthand account of his arrest, interrogation, trial, imprisonment, appeals battles, and 13 stays of execution. He was eventually found innocent (Prisoners, Autobiography)
