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Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty by Scott Turow
caitj_22's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
titanic's review against another edition
2.0
This book wasn’t what I was expecting, but it does bring up some fair points. Especially those in regard to the racial injustice, the unfairness in who gets life and who gets death, and the overall wrongly convicted.
A good read, just slightly boring in some places.
A good read, just slightly boring in some places.
novelesque_life's review against another edition
4.0
4 STARS
"A gripping examination of the case for and against capital punishment by a respected criminal lawyer and celebrated novelist. In the words of Harvard Law Professor, Laurence H. Tribe--"Ultimate Punishment is the ultimate statement about the death penalty: to read it is to understand why law alone cannot make us whole." (From Amazon)
I quite liked Turow's views on capital punishment and it makes you think of your own opinions.
"A gripping examination of the case for and against capital punishment by a respected criminal lawyer and celebrated novelist. In the words of Harvard Law Professor, Laurence H. Tribe--"Ultimate Punishment is the ultimate statement about the death penalty: to read it is to understand why law alone cannot make us whole." (From Amazon)
I quite liked Turow's views on capital punishment and it makes you think of your own opinions.
lisahelene's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of interesting how it is decided who gets life in prison & who gets a death sentence. This was research done for a report & recommendation by over 20 lawyers & others for the state of Illinois when their death penalty was put on hold.
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