About the Author

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. ran for president of the United States in 1984 and 1988. He is the founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.

Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. has represented the Second District of Illinois in the United States Congress since 1995.

Bruce Shapiro is a contributing editor at The Nation and a national correspondent for Salon.com. He teaches at Yale University.

Reviews

“Might well convince even the staunchest supporters that America’s machinery of death has run its course. . . . The intellectual clarity of Legal Lynching and the profound moral questions it raises deserve a wide audience and demand a political response.” –The Washington Post Book World

“Straightforward and accessible . . . This book sets out to systematically demolish the pat, common-sense myths that make capital punishment palatable.” –Newsday

“A calmly advanced indictment of how capital punishment is applied in the U.S.”-Richmond Times-Dispatch

“The test is peppered with the agony of mangled just. As the death penalty debate grows nationally . . . the book's relevance will only grow.”-Albuquerque Journal

“Reads like a comprehensive speech . . . its passion and detailed arguments make the book important.”-The American Prospect