Capital punishment is a moral abomination: That is the consensus among elites in developed countries. Everyday people, however, often disagree. So there's a lot riding on The Death of Punishment, a memoir and manifesto from New York Law School's Robert Blecker, one of the death penalty's leading advocates. It is an opportunity for an eloquent, informed, and passionate activist to defend the instincts that so many feel.
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