Thoughts on the Death Penalty
This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including historical, philosophical and biblical arguments. It is broken into 3 chapters: Expediency, Justice, and Sacred Scriptures (although it has Scripture references peppered throughout). Burleigh frequently references and argues against George B. Cheever, a prominent death penalty advocate of the time.
"If it shall thus be the means of helping on in a humble way the progress of that humane reform whose principles it advocates; and of hastening, however little, the coming of that time, when the penal statutes of a "christian" and "civilized people," shall have ceased to be written in blood, I shall be richly repaid for the time and labor spent upon this task." (Summary by TriciaG and from the preface)
Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Preface | Larry Wilson |
00:02:40 |
Play 01 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 1 | Larry Wilson |
00:20:00 |
Play 02 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 2 | Mary in Arkansas |
00:26:13 |
Play 03 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 3 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:20:46 |
Play 04 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 4 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:25:52 |
Play 05 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 5 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:23:55 |
Play 06 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 6 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:21:35 |
Play 07 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 7 | TriciaG |
00:34:30 |
Play 08 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 8 | TriciaG |
00:17:22 |
Play 09 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 9 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:20:53 |
Play 10 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 10 | Mary in Arkansas |
00:38:21 |
Play 11 | Ch 1: Expediency, Part 11 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:29:20 |
Play 12 | Ch 2: Justice, Part 1 | Shasta |
00:22:21 |
Play 13 | Ch 2: Justice, Part 2 | dunlapkw |
00:14:36 |
Play 14 | Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 1 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:19:47 |
Play 15 | Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 2 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:23:29 |
Play 16 | Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 3 | Gillian Hendrie |
00:20:42 |