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Title: The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies by Hugo Adam Bedau ISBN: 0-19-512286-0 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well-researched
Comment: It is true that overall Bedau presents an argument in opposition to capital punishment. However, this argument is very well researched and documented. One may disagree with the conclusion, but it would be difficult to refute the evidence presented in the book. Furthermore, the very fact that the book is a collection of research may be the reason it appears one-sided. Having attempted objective research on the issue of capital punishment myself, it is often difficult to find solid research in support of capital punishment. More often support comes in the form of statements of belief or opinion. If you are looking for an equal collection of arguments for and against the death penalty in America, then this book is not for you. However, if you are looking for very solid research on the topic, presented in a logical, easy to understand format, then this is an excellent resource.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compassion, Love, and Mercy
Comment: Those three words, "Compassion", "Love", and "Mercy", need to be practiced more often in our country of America. The author of this book, who I have had the honor of meeting and have also heard him speak, has compassion, love, and mercy. His courage to fight against the death penalty, an unpopular stand in our country, shows him to be a wonderful human being. He is not only a wonderful author, he also gets personally involved with ordinary citizens to help those who are trying to rid our country of an unfair and different kind of homicide called execution. This book is a great book to read, and as one other person who reviewed this book mentioned, probably only death penalty opponents will read it. I challenge those who believe in killing those who kill and sometimes killing those who are innocent of the crime of which they have been convicted, read this book even if, or especially if, you are afraid you might be converted to knowing the death penalty is wrong. If you do not have that fear, you won't have a problem reading this book. Please do! Everyone who reads this book will learn something. I've not only have purchased this book for myself, I also buy it as a gift for others. Buy it, read it, and share it! [email protected]
Rating: 1
Summary: Fallacious Arguments
Comment: Undoubtedly, felons who commit heinous crimes deserve to be sentenced to death. There is no argument there. In my view, child molestors, murderers and rapists have forfeited their legal right to live in our society. It should be stressed that a gruesome deed must not be justified under any circusmtances; if a malefactor has had a difficult childhood this cannot excuse let alone justify his actions. This is irrefutable! As is well-known, psychopaths are usually cunning, insidious, manipulative, narcissistic and charming. Moreover, they are unable to feel guilt and remorse. Rehabilitation is effective in some cases but in most cases it does not work. Notorious felons are known to relapse into criminality upon release. Psychopaths can often deceive their psychiatrists because they are manipulative and shrewd. Therefore, capital punishment is the most effective punishment next to life sentence.
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Title: The Death Penalty : An American History by Stuart Banner ISBN: 0674010833 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: 31 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment by Franklin E. Zimring ISBN: 0195152360 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Against the Death Penalty: Christian and Secular Arguments Against Capital Punishment by Gardner C. Hanks ISBN: 0836190750 Publisher: Herald Pr Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Who Owns Death? Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions by Robert J. Lifton, Greg Mitchell ISBN: 038079246X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 22 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Death Penalty Cases: Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment by Barry Latzer, U S Supreme Court ISBN: 0750699396 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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