NEW RESOURCE: Kiss of Death: America’s Love Affair with the Death Penalty

In ​“Kiss of Death: America’s Love Affair with the Death Penalty,” attor­ney John Bessler presents argu­ments against cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment based on his work as a pro bono attor­ney for death row inmates in Texas. Woven into Bessler’s per­son­al account is an exam­i­na­tion of U.S. cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment prac­tices in con­trast to the absence of the death penal­ty in oth­er nations. The book also address­es the toll exe­cu­tions take on those who par­tic­i­pate in the process. (Northeastern University Press, 2003) See Resources.