Just Revenge

"Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty" by Mark Costanzo offers an examination of the death penalty in America with an uncompromising look at how the system works. Weighing the social costs and benefits to American society and debunking the easy myths, Costanzo builds an important new model for understanding the politics behind the practice of capital punishment. The text offers a thought- provoking, historically grounded study, supported by decades of research, of the death penalty in America. NEW EDITION COMING SPRING 2007.