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Title: Punishment in Search of a Crime: Americans Speak Out Against the Death Sentence by Ian Gray, Amnesty International Usa, Moira Stanley ISBN: 0-380-75923-3 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: November, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A Book In Need of Updating
Comment: This book will probably only be read by those opposed to capital punishment, which is a great pity. While the information in the book is dated, and the tone of the editors' introduction (covering several chapters) is extremely, off-puttingly shrill and sanctimonious, the interviews it contains should be mandatory reading for all citzens concerned about our penal and justice systems. Granted, there are no interviews with death penalty advocates, so the book is largely preaching to the converted. The power of the interviews is such that it becomes hard to imagine a rational person -- any rational person -- coming to a conclusion other than that the death penalty must be abolished. The book takes an optimistic view on the decline of capital punishment, which makes it sad to read in these times when the tide of public opinion has swept so heavilly in favor of capital punishment (and mandatory sentences). One hopes that a follow-up volume will be published to update the material. This book is well worth reading, even with its outdated data and outlook and its alienating introductory chapters.

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful book
Comment: This book is wonderfully written, very informative and truly a must-read!