Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty

by Mark Costanzo

Just Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty by Mark Costanzo offers an examination of the death penalty in America with an uncompromising look at how the system works. Weighing the social costs and benefits to American society and debunking the easy myths, Costanzo builds an important new model for understanding the politics behind the practice of capital punishment. The text offers a thought-provoking, historically grounded study supported by decades of research on the death penalty in America.

206 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 1997

Reviews

[Jose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book arguing for the abolition of this blemish in our Justice system. A little short on procedural matters but well argued. It does a good job debunking the usual arguments "in principle". It also brings Capital Punishment forth for what it is: expensive, useless, non-deterring and non remedial. It addresses all the usual questions regarding the victims, the mistakes, the unrepentant and the false moral balance. You measure a society not by how it treats its better citizens but by the way it treats its worst criminal. ( paraphrasing F. Dostoyevsky, he should have known.)

[Jose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book arguing for the abolition of this blemish in our Justice system. A little short on procedural matters but well argued. It does a good job debunking the usual arguments "in principle". It also brings Capital Punishment forth for what it is: expensive, useless, non-deterring and non remedial. It addresses all the usual questions regarding the victims, the mistakes, the unrepentant and the false moral balance. You measure a society not by how it treats its better citizens but by the way it treats its worst criminal. ( paraphrasing F. Dostoyevsky, he should have known.)

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm against the death penalty anyway, so I'm not sure whether this book could alter a supporter's views on it. However, the author does put forth strong evidence detailing the costs (both monetary and social) of the system of capital punishment. I would think such evidence would have to at least make one think about whether the benefits outweigh such costs.

[Tuân Đăng · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good,it's interesting