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The Deserving

What Those Who Have Killed Know About American Justice

Elizabeth Vartkessian (Author) , Sister Helen Prejean (Foreword) , Elizabeth Vartkessian (Narrator)

The Deserving cover

The Deserving

What Those Who Have Killed Know About American Justice

Elizabeth Vartkessian (Author) , Sister Helen Prejean (Foreword) , Elizabeth Vartkessian (Narrator)

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Published Jan 20 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 352
ISBN 9781639731398
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Elizabeth Vartkessian

SP

Foreword

Sister Helen Prejean

Narrator

Elizabeth Vartkessian

Reviews

  • Elizabeth Vartkessian writes about death row like a detective crossed with a philosopher, propelling us one revelation at a time into a richer understanding of how violence begets violence. So many books and movies try to tell us why people harm and kill each other. We're always flashing back to the villain's childhood. But too often we give up and shrug off some people as monsters. Vartkessian offers a new, courageous vision for a society with less violence and more mercy, through an honest reckoning with how we fail the least among us.

    Maurice Chammah, author of LET THE LORD SORT THEM: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DEATH PENALTY

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