Ethical issues: capital punishment books

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Death (or the stopgap alternative) is the most severe court judgment in the full range of Biblical justice tools,...  Read More >>

Throughout the pages of Medieval and Early Modern Punishments, English author and historian William Andrews runs...  Read More >>

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A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl’s shocking crime — and its extraordinary...  Read More >>

A fascinating insight into the crimes of women, and how their executions took place  Read More >>

A complete account of James Billington and his three sons, illuminating the history of a family whose business was...  Read More >>

Based on the sermon series that garnered top honors from Yale Divinity School, Finding Joy on Death Row is the powerful...  Read More >>

"NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE . A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and...  Read More >>

Before 1850, all legal executions in the South were performed before crowds that could number in the thousands;...  Read More >>

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In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals...  Read More >>

An updated edition of the classic study of capital punishment originally published 50 years ago, with a new introduction...  Read More >>

EDGAR AWARD FINALIST • A private investigator revisits the case that has haunted her for decades and sets out on...  Read More >>

"""From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been...  Read More >>

During the two decades following the United States’ entry into World War II, nearly 30 million men served in the...  Read More >>

From the renowned human rights lawyer and activist Clive Stafford Smith, The Far Side of the Moon is a deeply personal...  Read More >>

"The death penalty was Virginia's longest continuing tradition, dating back to 1608 when Capt. George Kendall was...  Read More >>

Luka Kane was executed in front of a jeering crowd, but before he died, he opened one pair of eyes to the truth:...  Read More >>

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Unsurprisingly, much of the social science research agenda on the death penalty is centered in the United States,...  Read More >>

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