Taking Christ’s command as his text, Darrow attacks the doctrine that society must answer violence with violence. He examines the nature of the state, the purpose of armies and navies, civil government, and the theory and supposed remedial effects of punishment, arguing that crime springs from poverty, hunger and disadvantage rather than wickedness.
A passionate, Tolstoyan argument from America’s most famous trial lawyer, still pointed in debates on justice. Download the free EPUB.