 Photo Credit: Gunther Interlmann |
October 16 Novelist Scott Turow—a respected criminal lawyer—discusses a fundamental dilemma in our democracy in his new nonfiction book, Ultimate Punishment. In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment from his days as an impassioned young prosecutor to his recent service on the Illinois commission which investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan’s unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office. |