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Voices Against the Death Penalty
Shirley Dicks
Shirley Dicks
ISBN: 9780879759704
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Prometheus Books
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Argues that people have been sentenced to death not because they have been found to be uncontrollably violent but because they were hopelessly poor. This title also argues that a system like this does not enhance respect for human life; it cheapens and degrades it.
Editor Shirley Dicks's son Jeff was involved in a robbery attempt that resulted in the death of a storekeeper. A bungled defence led to his conviction for murder; he has been on death row since 1979. Dicks has become bitterly aware that justice in America is dealt out not blindly, but selectively. "People have been sentenced to death not because they have been found to be uncontrollably violent but because they were hopelessly poor...They are the losers in an arbitrary lottery. You won't find a wealthy person on death row. A system like this does not enhance respect for human life; it cheapens and degrades it."
| ISBN | 0879759704 | | Pages | 290 | | ISBN13 | 9780879759704
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Prometheus Books | | Weight (grammes) | 454 | | Imprint | Prometheus Books | | Published in | Amherst | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 19 Mar 1995 | | Width (mm) | 155 | | Library of Congress | HV8698.C69 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY | 364.66 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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