![]() Then, amid a larger wave of criminal justice reform, came the death penalty's decline, a trend so durable that even in Texas the punishment appears again close to extinction. ![]() When executions resumed, Texas quickly became the nationwide leader in carrying out the punishment. ![]() This haunting history of capital punishment in the United States focusses on Texas, which accounts for a third of the fifteen hundred people. ![]() (Crown, 368 pp., 18.) This thoroughly reported account charts evolving attitudes toward the death penalty in. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty. Let the Lord Sort Them, by Maurice Chammah (Crown). LET THE LORD SORT THEM: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, by Maurice Chammah. The backlash was swift, especially in Texas, where executions were considered part of the cultural fabric, and a dark history of lynching was masked by gauzy visions of a tough-on-crime frontier. Let the Lord Sort Them audiobook, by Maurice Chammah. ANTHONY LUKAS AWARDIn 1972, the United States Supreme Court made a surprising ruling: the country's death penalty system violated the Constitution. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas-and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America "If you're one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something can, this is a story of how it does."-Anand Giridharadas, The New York Times Book ReviewWINNER OF THE J. Read Or Download Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty By Maurice Chammah Full Pages. ![]()
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