Ultimate Punishment
Summary from the Publisher...
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."
Winner of the 24th RFK Book Award.
Links
- To Kill Or Not To Kill
- This is the New Yorker article written by Turow that inspired him to take it further and write the book, Ultimate Punishment.
- Meet the Writer
- bn.com's page dedicated to Scott Turow.
- Life and Death
- Houston Chronicle review by Barabra Liss.
- The Law Can't Restore the World
- An interview with Scott Turow by Paul O'Donnell.
- Book Review
- A review by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty.
- Death Penalty Information Center
- This site has lots of facts and statistics concerning the death penalty both at the state and federal levels. Plus, it has the Death Penalty Quiz.
- Book Review
- A review by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty.
- Scott Turow's Death Row Turnarounds
- An interview with Turow by Thane Peterson of BusinessWeek.
Updated: 10/16/2004