The Road to the Scaffold. Capital Punishment from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
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Renowned historian and writer Rafael Huseynov presents readers with a very unusual book. Working in many Russian and foreign archives, he has collected unique materials about the crimes for which the state deprived its fellow citizens of life throughout the centuries. Discussions about how legitimate and humane the very existence of the institution of the death penalty is are probably as old as the law. For many countries even today, strangling a person in a noose, beheading him in public or death in the electric chair under the crosshairs of TV cameras is a matter of everyday life. The author, relying on the latest research, including the largest Western historians, debunks myths about the cruelty of Russian sovereigns, shows how inhumane were European regimes at all times, tells how the practice of capital punishment today. The author managed to meet and take sensational interviews with executors of death sentences.
But still this book is not about death. It is about how beautiful human life is, about the lessons of history, about justice and humanity of laws, about how we should take care of each other, appreciate every minute of our stay on earth. The epigraph of Confucius, chosen as a dedication for this work, is not accidental: "Without knowing what life is, can one know death?".
But still this book is not about death. It is about how beautiful human life is, about the lessons of history, about justice and humanity of laws, about how we should take care of each other, appreciate every minute of our stay on earth. The epigraph of Confucius, chosen as a dedication for this work, is not accidental: "Without knowing what life is, can one know death?".
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