{"product_id":"legal-lynching-the-death-penalty-and-americas-future-hardcover","title":"Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJesse Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith public opinion polls showing opposition to the death penalty at its highest level in twenty years, this timely book by two of America's most important civil rights leaders and the Nation's criminal justice reporter makes a passionate and persuasive case against capital punishment. Combining a powerful moral argument with recent, overwhelming evidence of systematic legal error and widespread racial bias in death penalty cases, \u003ci\u003eLegal Lynching\u003c\/i\u003e directly attacks the basic claims of those--including our new president--who continue to insist on execution as a punitive solution for an increasing number of crimes. With the abolition of the death penalty in South Africa, the United States has become the last industrialized democracy to persist in state-sponsored execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in stories of those who were unjustly convicted and left to languish on death row, \u003ci\u003eLegal Lynching\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, human book by America's leading death penalty abolitionists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eReverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. ran for president of the United States in 1984 and 1988. He is the founder and president of the Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJesse L. Jackson, Jr. represented the second congressional district of Illinois in the United States Congress from 1995 to 2012. He is a co-author (with Reverend Jesse Jackson and Bruce Shapiro) of \u003ci\u003eLegal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future\u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBruce Shapiro is a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and national correspondent for Salon.com.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.7 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771513962784,"sku":"9781565846852","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0375af51d79b96c0f6ba2564868542b1.webp?v=1780387984","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/legal-lynching-the-death-penalty-and-americas-future-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}