NCJ Number
41077
Editor(s)
P E MACKEY
Date Published
1976
Length
418 pages
Annotation
THIS ANTHOLOGY TRACES THE HISTORY OF OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PENALTY.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS OF THIS ANTHOLOGY INCLUDE PROMINENT CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS, SUCH AS CLARENCE DARROW, AS WELL AS SOCIAL REFORMERS, LITERARY FIGURES, AND ONE CONDEMMED MAN--CARYL CHESSMAN. THE CONTRIBUTORS COUCH THEIR DISAGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MORAL OR POLITICAL ARGUMENTS....BDS