Proximity to Death.(Review) (book review)

When to Death, by William S. McFeely. W.W. Norton, 206 pages, $23.95.

As I write, the United States is preparing to execute Timothy McVeigh On May 16. If the death penalty is to exist at all, it's hard to imagine a more compelling candidate--a terrorist and mass murderer, apparently sane and unremorseful. Yet, remarkably, there are stirrings of debate about McVeigh's execution, led by the doubts expressed by some of the families of his Oklahoma City victims. When the hardest of hard cases gives so many people pause, it's clear that an opportunity is at hand for a public ...

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