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Book SynopsisFew subjects are as intensely debated in the United States as the death penalty. Some form of capital punishment has existed in America for hundreds of years, yet the justification for carrying out the ultimate sentence is a continuing source of controversy.
Trade Review“This book is beautifully written. Specialists who already know the broad outlines will be interested in learning the Ohio story, and for nonspecialists, the book will be an engaging introduction to the subject.”
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No Winners Here Tonight is a sophisticated and critical analysis of Ohio’s death penalty system in the post-
Furman era. Among the book’s many strengths is its focus on the shortcomings built into Ohio’s death penalty statute that render it unable to deliver fair and impartial justice.” * Northwest Ohio History *
“I highly recommend this book to academic law libraries, especially those that support victim’s rights clinics or innocence projects. I also recommend it for prison libraries.” * Law Library Journal *
“This book seeks to document that there is nothing new about the ‘capricious, uneven’ way in which the death penalty is meted out. Welsh-Huggins makes this case anecdotally, recalling case-by-case problems that have plagued and continue to plague Ohio’s death penalty system.” * Choice *
“In his groundbreaking new book,
No Winners Here Tonight, Associated Press reporter Andrew Welsh-Huggins examines Ohio’s death penalty from a historical perspective and concludes we’ve been asking the wrong questions. The point, Welsh-Huggins tells us, is not whether capital punishment is moral but if it’s fair….
No Winners Here Tonight (should be) required reading for death penalty opponents and supporters alike.” * The Blade *
“Welsh-Huggins…crafts his thesis by combining history and law. While incorporating some “classic” sources on the death penalty—Hugu Adam Bedau, William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, Austin Sarat—Welsh-Huggins maintains a reporter’s objectivity and pens a clear explanation as to why the current death penalty system in Ohio is unfair. This is a book about how Ohio, in many ways, is no different than the rest of the United States in regards to capital punishment: arbitrary.” * Law & Politics Book Review *
“Welsh-Huggins has a journalist’s clear style and the advantage of expanding and detailing only one topic…. A recent poll suggested that seventy percent of Ohioans strongly support the death penalty. It would be interesting to frame that survey around some of the questions raised by Welsh-Huggins in his thought-provoking book.” * Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly *
“This book is an original and important project that makes significant contribution to the field.”
