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Title: Within These Walls : Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain
by Carroll Pickett, Carlton Stowers
ISBN: 0-312-28717-8
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date: 24 May, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $24.95
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Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (7 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: You'll love it or hate it
Comment: No one escapes this book without being confronted with the tragic realities of the death penalty. Rev. Pickett does not fluff this story with hype but tells it as he lived it. This is not just a testament about the death penalty but is also about the meaning of life, death, family systems, ministry, and, in the end of the book, loving one's enemies. You can argue that Pickett is wrong about the death penalty perhaps but you cannot argue with the fact that he did his job with integrity and love. You'll love it or hate it but will not escape the power of Carroll Pickett's experience.

Rating: 5
Summary: Very thought-provoking
Comment: If you had asked me 6 months ago how I felt about the death penalty, I would have said I was in favor of it. I still believe there are crimes which are so heinous that the death penalty should be used. However, I am troubled that there seems to be no uniform criteria which dictate when it is used. Also, I think we need to ask ourselves whether taking a life, to avenge a life, is truly the answer. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever been troubled with how violent crime is punished in America today.

Rating: 5
Summary: The real cost of the death penalty
Comment: Carroll Pickett once supported the death penalty, and this book details a gradual transformation. Within These Walls gives readers a vivid look at the real cost of the death penalty; the impact it has on the people who must carry out society's ultimate punishment.

Anyone who wants a more accurate picture of the reality of capital punishment will benefit from this moving account.

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