Shepherds and Butchers
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06WWJX2C3 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 571 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
South Africa, 1987. As the court hearings progress, the case offers John the opportunity to put the entire system of legally sanctioned murder on trial. Apartheid. A passionate opponent of the death penalty, John discovers that young Leon worked on death row in the nation's most notorious prison, under traumatic conditions: befriending the inmates over the years while having to assist their eventual executions. How can one man take such a dual role of friend and executioner, becoming both shepherd and butcher? Inspired by true events, this is the story that puts the death penalty on trial and changes history.. Hotshot lawyer John Weber (played by Steve Coogan) reluctantly takes on the seemingly unwinnable case. When Leon, a white 19-year-old prison guard working on death row, commits an inexplicable act of violence, killing seven black men in a hail of bullets, the outcome of the trial - and the court's sentence - seems a foregone conclusion
Death Row Horrors Crime and trial stories are well written and very gruesome at times.Anti-capital punishment readers will be horrified at what goes on in death row and in the gallows room.When reading about the dreadful crimes, pro-hanging readers will say "fair justice" and "an eye for an eye".Many in South Africa regret that capital punishment was abolished in light of the horrendous crimes committed daily, for which there is no eff. "A fine and difficult book" according to Amazon Customer. I was recommended this book by a friend's father, a former attorney in South Africa. It is a fascinating and harrowing book, and offers a detailed look at the South African legal system in the wake of Apartheid rule. It raises questions about where sympathies truly lie where capital crimes are concerned, as well as the effect of the capital system not just on those punished by it, but on those who administer that puni. Outstanding ' Faction' Simon Burrow A friend told me about this book and I absolutely loved it - it is a very confronting subject the death penalty but the author has put forward the facts and situations very realistically. A terrific read and one any person interested in 'faction' should read.