An Eye for an Eye: In Defense of the Death Penalty
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An Eye for an Eye: In Defense of the Death Penalty by William T. Harper is a response to, among other things, Sister Helen Prejean’s books, Dead Man Walking (1993) and The Death of Innocents (2005). |
There is a distinct and vitally active move afoot in this country to do away with the death penalty – a movement generally headed up by social liberals in search of a “cause.” And, as most polls show, they are winning. Support for the death penalty is diminishing. The United States State Department, a source that might not have an axe to grind in the death penalty debate, recently reported “public support [for the death penalty] has dropped from 80 percent to 61 percent since 1994.” The death penalty opponents are winning because most of America’s vast “silent majority” is conceding the argument through inaction and default, and through ignorance and apathy (“I don’t know and I don’t care”).
Others who have taken similar anti-death penalty stances are also met head-on by An Eye for an Eye as it strives to preserve, protect, and defend the concept that for a crime there must be a punishment; that the punishment must fit the crime – and for the ultimate crime there must be the ultimate punishment. Via a series of chapter-opening vignettes illustrating the ghastly, brutal, monstrous murders committed by some of those the death penalty dissenters would spare, the book goes on to prove that the so-called “panacea” – Life Without Parole – is a joke that isn’t funny.
An Eye for an Eye also definitely illustrates that the death penalty is, indeed, a most effective deterrent.
To purchase a signed copy of An Eye for an Eye for $16.00 (plus $5.00 for taxes/shipping or $10.00 for a pdf version on a CD via e-mail), go here: harperhere@LIVE.com
Others who have taken similar anti-death penalty stances are also met head-on by An Eye for an Eye as it strives to preserve, protect, and defend the concept that for a crime there must be a punishment; that the punishment must fit the crime – and for the ultimate crime there must be the ultimate punishment. Via a series of chapter-opening vignettes illustrating the ghastly, brutal, monstrous murders committed by some of those the death penalty dissenters would spare, the book goes on to prove that the so-called “panacea” – Life Without Parole – is a joke that isn’t funny.
An Eye for an Eye also definitely illustrates that the death penalty is, indeed, a most effective deterrent.
To purchase a signed copy of An Eye for an Eye for $16.00 (plus $5.00 for taxes/shipping or $10.00 for a pdf version on a CD via e-mail), go here: harperhere@LIVE.com