{"product_id":"ultimate-punishment-paperback","title":"Ultimate Punishment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Turow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping examination of the case for and against capital punishment by a respected criminal lawyer and celebrated novelist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the words of Harvard Law Professor, Laurence H. Tribe--\u003ci\u003eUltimate Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate statement about the death penalty: to read it is to understand why law alone cannot make us whole.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a respected criminal lawyer, Scott Turow has been involved with the death penalty for more than a decade, including successfully representing two different men convicted in death-penalty prosecutions. In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment from his days as an impassioned young prosecutor to his recent service on the Illinois commission which 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTelling the powerful stories behind the statistics, as he moves from the Governor's Mansion to Illinois's state-of-the art super-max prison and the execution chamber, \u003ci\u003eUltimate Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e has all the drama and intellectual substance of Turow's bestselling fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Turow\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including \u003ci\u003ePresumed Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Burden of Proof\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReversible Errors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLimitations\u003c\/i\u003e. His works of nonfiction include \u003ci\u003eOne L\u003c\/i\u003e, his journal from his first year at law school, and \u003ci\u003eUltimate Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eUltimate Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives outside Chicago, where he is partner in the firm of SNR Denton (formerly Sonnenschein, Nath \u0026amp; Rosenthal).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762450465056,"sku":"9780312423735","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78ad3539fcc825e12bc3b3083fc3fb6f_5d87b0ff-16e1-4afc-88cf-9335a987e847.webp?v=1780221527","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ultimate-punishment-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}