{"product_id":"facing-the-death-penalty-9780877227212","title":"Facing the Death Penalty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an examination of what life under a sentence of death is like for condemned inmates and their families, how and why various professionals assist them in their struggle for life, and what these personal experiences with capital punishment tell us about the wisdom of this penal policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"These essays...show us the human and inhuman realities of capital punishment through the eyes of the condemned and those who work with them. By focusing on those awaiting death, they present the awful truth behind the statistics in concrete, personal terms.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Bowers\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLegal Homicide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This work stands with the best of what’s been written. It represents the best of those who have seen the worst.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eColman McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  Henry Schwarzschild  1. Introduction and Overview  Michael L. Radelet  2. The Fraternity of Death  Michael A. Kroll   3. Facing the Death Penalty  Watt Espy  4. Juveniles' Attitudes Toward Their Impending Executions  Victor L. Streib  5. Burning at the Wire: The Execution of John Evans  Russell F. Canan   6. Another Attorney for Life  Michael Mello  7. Representing the Death Row Inmate: The Ethics of Advocacy, Collateral Style  Laurin A. Wollan, Jr.   8. Ministering to the Condemned: A Case Study  Joseph B. Ingle  9. Coping with Death: Families of the Terminally Ill, Homicide Victims, and Condemned Prisoners  Margaret Vandiver  10. Rituals of Death: Capital Punishment and Human Sacrifice  Elizabeth D. Purdum and J. Anthony Paredes  11. The Death Penalty and Anthropology  Colin M. Turnbull  12. Working the Dead  Jonathan R. Sorensen and James W. Marquart   13. How to Argue About the Death Penalty  Hugo Adam Bedau  14. The Pains of Life  Joseph M. Giarratano  15. The Isolation of Death Row  C. Michael Lambrix  16. An Inhumane Way of Death  Willie Jasper Darden, Jr.","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406434771287,"sku":"9780877227212","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780877227212.jpg?v=1730495797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/facing-the-death-penalty-9780877227212","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}