![]() ![]() Weaving compelling analysis around real killers and survivors, Blecker puts a personal face on this controversial subject. Thus the worst criminals often live the best lives. After thousands of hours over twenty-five years inside maximum security prisons and on death rows in seven states, the history and philosophy professor exposes the perversity of justice: Inside prison, ironically, it’s nobody’s job to punish. Some killers’ poignant circumstances should lead us to mercy others show clearly why they should die. The Death of Punishment tests legal philosophy against the reality and wisdom of street criminals and their guards. THE DEATH OF PUNISHMENT: Searching for Justice Among the Worst of the Worst (Palgrave Macmillan, November 19, 2013)Ī passionate and counterintuitive defense of the death penalty that asks us to reconsider punishment as the key to reforming our judicial systemįor twelve years Robert Blecker, a criminal law professor, wandered freely inside Lorton Central Prison, armed only with cigarettes and a tape recorder. ” Blecker’s extended essay, “Let the Great Axe Fall,” published as a Kindle single in October, 2011, quickly shot to #1 out of all Amazon’s non-fiction e-books and stayed for a few weeks at #1 in True Crime and Criminals and #1 in the Criminal Law category. ![]() The feature and TV documentary “Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead” portrays his unusual relationship on Tennessee’s death row with condemned killer Daryl Holton. He frequently appears in The New York Times, on PBS, CNN, BBC World News, and other major media outlets. He has been profiled by the New York Times and Washington Post and was the subject of a USA Today cover story. An honors graduate at Harvard Law School and post-graduate fellow in Law and Humanities, Blecker wrote a stage play “Vote NO!” which premiered at the Kennedy Center. He formerly prosecuted corruption in New York’s criminal justice system as a Special Assistant Attorney General and has been the sole keynote speaker supporting the death penalty at several major national and international conferences. Robert Blecker is a nationally known victim’s advocate and expert on punishment, and is currently a professor of criminal law at New York Law School. ![]()
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