Legal Lynching
By Rev. Jesse Jackson and Bruce Shapiro
By Rev. Jesse Jackson and Bruce Shapiro
Category: Nonfiction
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$12.00
Jan 07, 2003 | ISBN 9780385722117
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Praise
“Might well convince even the staunchest supporters that America’s machinery of death has run its course. . . . The intellectual clarity of Legal Lynching and the profound moral questions it raises deserve a wide audience and demand a political response.” –The Washington Post Book World
“Straightforward and accessible . . . This book sets out to systematically demolish the pat, common-sense myths that make capital punishment palatable.” –Newsday
“A calmly advanced indictment of how capital punishment is applied in the U.S.”-Richmond Times-Dispatch
“The test is peppered with the agony of mangled just. As the death penalty debate grows nationally . . . the book’s relevance will only grow.”-Albuquerque Journal
“Reads like a comprehensive speech . . . its passion and detailed arguments make the book important.”-The American Prospect
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