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Synopsis

Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. says "In ‘No Human Way to Kill’, Robert Priseman has brought together different voices to create an important and compelling new overview of the death penalty as it exists in the world today."Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve says "No Human Way to Kill presents a graphic account of the death penalty. The etchings and accounts offer up a strange and original contemplation on a subject which stretches back far, far too long. It is time for the death penalty to end; this book helpsus to see why."‘No Human Way to Kill’ by internationally acclaimed artist Robert Priseman creates a unique account of the death penalty by juxtaposing an interview with former Texas Warden Jim Willett who oversaw 89 executions, an essay about life on death row in San Quentin by former Crips gang member Anthony Ross, and an essay from Cathy Harrington whose daughter was murdered; Cathy negotiated a life sentence for her daughter’s murderer when he had been facing a potential death sentence. This beautiful and compulsive book also features etchings by Robert Priseman.

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Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. says "In ‘No Human Way to Kill’, Robert Priseman has brought together different voices to create an important and compelling new overview of the death penalty as it exists in the world today." Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve says "No Human Way to Kill presents a graphic account of the death penalty. The etchings and accounts offer up a strange and original contemplation on a subject which stretches back far, far too long. It is time for the death penalty to end; this book helps us to see why." ‘No Human Way to Kill’ by internationally acclaimed artist Robert Priseman creates a unique account of the death penalty by juxtaposing an interview with former Texas Warden Jim Willett who oversaw 89 executions, an essay about life on death row in San Quentin by former Crips gang member Anthony Ross, and an essay from Cathy Harrington whose daughter was murdered; Cathy negotiated a life sentence for her daughter’s murderer when he had been facing a potential death sentence. This beautiful and compulsive book also features etchings by Robert Priseman.

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