Kiss of Death – America 's Love Affair With The Death Penalty.

John D. Bessler

Revue by Christine Hasan

Kiss of Death – America 's Love Affair With The Death Penalty.

I was quickly won over by John D Bessler's handling of a very sensitive subject. In fact I found this book as hard to put down as a well plotted thriller; albeit for very different reasons.
Mr. Bressler breaks down the rules of procedure in such a way that they seem digestible to anyone with no knowledge of criminal law and fascinating to those who work or study in that field.

He deals with the iniquities of death penalty sentencing in a frank and open way. Whilst he never seeks to glamourize or sensationalize murderers, he does show that in the main they are not the brutal thoughtless killing machines that we would all like to visualize.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in death penalty issues. Or simply those interested in learning something new and perhaps, just maybe, shifting their viewpoint a little.

This book (ISBN: 1 - 555 53 0 567 - 4) is published by Northeastern University Press