Arbitrary Death: A Prosecutor's Perspective on the Death Penalty Paperback 157 Pages Like New (Bought for Criminal Justice Class, used for semester. No rip/tears or highlights) Over a career spanning nearly four decades, Rick Unklesbay has tried over one hundred murder cases before juries that ended with sixteen men and women receiving the death sentence. Arbitrary Death depicts some of the most horrific murders in Tucson, Arizona, the author's prosecution of those cases, and how the death penalty was applied. It provides the framework to answer the questions: Why is America the only Western country to still use the death penalty? Can a human-run system treat those cases fairly and avoid unconstitutional arbitrariness?

ISBN: 9781627876803