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Ultimate Punishment - Paperback
$19.00
by Scott Turow (Author)
A gripping examination of the case for and against capital punishment by a respected criminal lawyer and celebrated novelist.
In the words of Harvard Law Professor, Laurence H. Tribe--Ultimate Punishment is the ultimate statement about the death penalty: to read it is to understand why law alone cannot make us whole.
Author Biography
Scott Turow is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including Presumed Innocent, Ordinary Heroes, The Burden of Proof, Reversible Errors and Limitations. His works of nonfiction include One L, his journal from his first year at law school, and Ultimate Punishment, which he wrote after serving on the Illinois commission that investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan's unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office. Ultimate Punishment won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives outside Chicago, where he is partner in the firm of SNR Denton (formerly Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal).
Number of Pages: 176
Dimensions: 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: August 01, 2004