Don't+Kill+in+our+Names,+Families+of+Murder+Victims+Speak+out+against+the+Death+Penalty

King, Rachel. //Don't Kill in Our Names: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out against the Death Penalty//. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 2003. Print. This book offers a different perspective on the argument over the eligibility of the death penalty by focusing on the victims. The author has chosen to concentrate on the main respondent to the case who is forgotten within the moral and ethical discussions. By highlighting the opinion of the victims who have suffered under the convicted death row criminals, the author provides a sober voice to the argument. The victims portray the aggrieved side through heart-wrenching personal experiences that make their opinion to be more direct compared to the legal and moral experts who exist outside the real life environment of the argument. The book is a primary source of information about the effects of capital punishment on the victims of the crimes. This adds more direct first-hand support to those opposing capital punishment. The book is a quality literature source that can be applied in retrieving compelling reason to disband the death penalty from the justice system.

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