Capital Consequences: Families of the Condemned Tell Their Stories
Rachel King
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Description for Capital Consequences: Families of the Condemned Tell Their Stories
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Those who support capital punishment often claim that they do so because it provides justice and closure for the victims’ families. In Capital Consequences, attorney Rachel King reminds us that there are other families and other victims who must be considered in the debate over the death penalty.
Combining a narrative voice with vivid, passionate, and painful accounts of the families of death row inmates, the book demonstrates that crimes that lead to death sentences also devastate the families of those convicted. These families, King argues, are the unseen victims of capital punishment.
King challenges readers to question ... Read more
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813535043
SKU
V9780813535043
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Rachel King
RACHEL KING works for the Capital Punishment Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. She is the author of Don't Kill in Our Names: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty.
Reviews for Capital Consequences: Families of the Condemned Tell Their Stories
Mothers everywhere weep for lost sons, and children everywhere long for absent parents, but the families of those on Death Row suffer without sympathy or comfort. In Capital Consequences, King thoughtfully describes the anguish of these families as an execution date draws near and challenges the belief that creating another saddened and grieving family is a legitimate consequence of the ... Read more