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To be Among the Living
ISBN-13: 9783639149715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 468 str.
When Carol McAlester, a good friend and warden, told me that carrying out the death penalty in the United States, killing people, was wearing her out, I was compelled to discover how she and her colleagues coped with such a gruesome responsibility. Although capital punishment may fade from American history, many whose lives it touched will live on. Therefore, I pursued an investigation that lead to interviews with corrections officials; offenders; attorneys; chaplains; and victims, those who'd had loved ones murdered and executed. Some of the individuals I met were slowly becoming stronger in what Ernest Hemingway called "the broken places." They and, vicariously, I re-discovered an old truth, that despite the pain suffering can inflict, it can bring to bear that life is short and feeling empathy for fellow human beings is rewarding.
When Carol McAlester, a good friend and warden, told me that carrying out the death penalty in the United States, killing people, was wearing her out, I was compelled to discover how she and her colleagues coped with such a gruesome responsibility. Although capital punishment may fade from American history, many whose lives it touched will live on. Therefore, I pursued an investigation that lead to interviews with corrections officials; offenders; attorneys; chaplains; and victims, those whod had loved ones murdered and executed. Some of the individuals I met were slowly becoming stronger in what Ernest Hemingway called "the broken places." They and, vicariously, I re-discovered an old truth, that despite the pain suffering can inflict, it can bring to bear that life is short and feeling empathy for fellow human beings is rewarding.
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