Post by happyhaddock on Mar 5, 2007 12:54:56 GMT -5
Congregation of the Condemned: Voices Against the Death Penalty by Shirley Dicks (Editor)
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This is gripping reading. The words of death-row inmates on the subject of capital punishment jump off the page. Fear, hope, bitterness, regrets, love and the anguish of their last minutes are all here. The book is compiled by the mother of Tennessee death-row inmate Jeff Dicks. He's here too. So are other relatives of inmates and victims. Doctors, activists, lawyers, Edward Kennedy, Coretta Scott King, Mario Cuomo and Camille Gabriel, mother of a murder victim, also contribute essays. Among their persuasive conclusions: it is the poor who are executed, and some of them are innocent. "What good is the law if it can't protect the innocent from false imprisonment?" asks one inmate. This book makes one wonder.
Midwest Book Review
Over forty essays call for an end to the death penalty, gathered by Shirley Dicks, whose son is on death row for his role in a robbery which resulted in a storekeeper's death. Dicks maintains that those sentenced to death are the poor; while wealthy criminals with similar crimes are allowed lighter penalties. The collection makes a point.
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This is gripping reading. The words of death-row inmates on the subject of capital punishment jump off the page. Fear, hope, bitterness, regrets, love and the anguish of their last minutes are all here. The book is compiled by the mother of Tennessee death-row inmate Jeff Dicks. He's here too. So are other relatives of inmates and victims. Doctors, activists, lawyers, Edward Kennedy, Coretta Scott King, Mario Cuomo and Camille Gabriel, mother of a murder victim, also contribute essays. Among their persuasive conclusions: it is the poor who are executed, and some of them are innocent. "What good is the law if it can't protect the innocent from false imprisonment?" asks one inmate. This book makes one wonder.
Midwest Book Review
Over forty essays call for an end to the death penalty, gathered by Shirley Dicks, whose son is on death row for his role in a robbery which resulted in a storekeeper's death. Dicks maintains that those sentenced to death are the poor; while wealthy criminals with similar crimes are allowed lighter penalties. The collection makes a point.