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Ultimate punishment, a lawyer's reflections on dealing with the death penalty, Scott Turow

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Ultimate punishment, a lawyer's reflections on dealing with the death penalty, Scott Turow

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-164)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ultimate punishment

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52030296

Responsibility statement

Scott Turow

Sub title

a lawyer's reflections on dealing with the death penalty

Summary

In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment from his days as an impassioned young prosecutor to his recent service on the Illinois commission which investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan's unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office

Table Of Contents

Ultimate punishment. Law and murder: Michelle Thompson and Jeanine Nicarico ; A death penalty agnostic ; Governor George Ryan ; America and the death penalty ; The Commission ; Convicting the innocent ; Bad faith ; The victims ; Deterrence ; Moral proportion: ultimate punishment for ultimate evil ; Redemption ; When they murder again ; The Commission's report and its aftermath ; Writing about the death penalty : Reversible Errors ; Conclusions -- Preamble to the Report of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment, April 2002

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