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Life and death matters : seeking the truth about capital punishment / Robert L. Baldwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baldwin, Robert, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--Alabama.
- Capital punishment.
- Discrimination in capital punishment--Alabama.
- Discrimination in capital punishment.
- Baldwin, Robert, 1943-.
- Baldwin, Robert.
- Prison chaplains--Alabama--Biography.
- Prison chaplains.
- Alabama.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Growing Up Southern 21
- 2 Coming Full Circle 33
- 3 Facing Mortality 41
- 4 It's All in the Family 61
- 5 The Stubborn Stain of Bigotry 75
- 6 A Test of Faith 84
- 7 The Truthiness of the Death Penalty 97
- 8 Stacked Against Blacks 110
- 9 The Three R's-Redemption, Retribution, and Revenge 123
- 10 Fear and Loathing Meet 134
- 11 Polls vs. Pols 142
- 12 Moral Relativity, or the Morals of Relatives 154
- 13 The Evolution of Myths 174
- 14 Crucifixion and Capital Punishment 192
- 15 Rehabilitation vs. Punishment 206
- 16 Who's Your Leader? 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781588382344
- 1588382346
- OCLC:
- 236117278
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