Who Owns Death? - by Robert J Lifton & Greg Mitchell (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

In this timely book, Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell investigate the mindsets of individuals involved in the death penalty -- including prison wardens, prosecutors, jurors, religious figures, governors, judges, and relatives of murder victims -- and offer a textured look at a system that perpetuates the longstanding American habit of violence.

Richly rewarding and meticulously researched, Who Owns Death? explores the history of the death penalty in the United States, from hanging to lethal injection, and considers what this search for more "humane" executions reveals about us as individuals and as a society... and what the future of the death penalty holds for us all.

Review Quotes

"In eloquently grim detail, Lifton and Mitchell indict the randomness and cruelty of executions and the heavy burden they place on the souls of those who...participate in the process of putting someone to death." - Los Angeles Times