Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future - Softcover

"Might well convince even the staunchest supporters that America's machinery of death has run its course. . . . The intellectual clarity of Legal Lynching and the profound moral questions it raises deserve a wide audience and demand a political response." -The Washington Post Book World

"Straightforward and accessible . . . This book sets out to systematically demolish the pat, common-sense myths that make capital punishment palatable." -Newsday

"A calmly advanced indictment of how capital punishment is applied in the U.S."-Richmond Times-Dispatch

"The test is peppered with the agony of mangled just. As the death penalty debate grows nationally . . . the book's relevance will only grow."-Albuquerque Journal

"Reads like a comprehensive speech . . . its passion and detailed arguments make the book important."-The American Prospect

A passionate argument against capital punishment argues that the death penalty is morally wrong, an ineffective deterrent, and an instrument of a justice system exemplified by systematic legal error and widespread racial bias. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.