Shepherds & Butchers
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1415200440 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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It never passes judgement as it reveals the gruesome nature of capital punishment.” . “The riveting way in which Chris Marnewick has fused fact and fiction and explored the fine line between human frailty and human cruelty, makes Shepherds & Butchers unforgettable
Two years later, the last man went to the gallows, after more than four thousand hangings in Pretoria in that century. Leon Labuschagne’s livelihood depends on death. At nineteen, he is a Death Row warder at Maximum Security Prison in Pretoria, South Africa: a shepherd who cares for the condemned – and a butcher who escorts them to the gallows. In 1987, 164 people were executed at Maximum Security. In the summer of 1987, after thirty-two men were hanged in two weeks (all real cases), Leon loses control, with tragic results. And now he’s the one facing the death penalty. At the same time, it exposes the callous violence on the other side of the noose, where murderers reign. Chris Marnewick’s first novel is a gripping courtroom drama steeped in the factual.. Only the most precarious line of legal argument stands between Leon and the gallows. Chasing a defense, his advocate trawls the deepest recesses of life in the Pot – the twilight world of Death Row – in order to determine the effect of multiple executions on his young client. Shepherds & Butchers portrays legal execution in unprecedented detail, revealing its devastating impact on all those involved
The book was shortlisted for the M-Net Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize (Africa region) and won the University of Johannesburg Prize. He wrote on litigation skills and has taught the subject in both New Zealand and South Africa. CHRIS MARNEWICK is a senior advocate practicing in Durban, South Africa. . His first book was Shepherds & Butchers, first published in South Africa in 2008
Simon Burrow said Outstanding ' Faction'. A friend told me about this book and I absolutely loved it - it is a very confronting subject the death penalty but the author has put forward the facts and situations very realistically. A terrific read and one any person interested in 'faction' should read.. Davie Jones said Death Row Horrors. Crime and trial stories are well written and very gruesome at times.Anti-capital punishment readers will be horrified at what goes on in death row and in the gallows room.When reading about the dreadful crimes, pro-hanging readers will say "fair justice" and "an eye for an eye".Many in South Africa regret that capital punishment was ab. A fine and difficult book Amazon Customer I was recommended this book by a friend's father, a former attorney in South Africa. It is a fascinating and harrowing book, and offers a detailed look at the South African legal system in the wake of Apartheid rule. It raises questions about where sympathies truly lie where capital crimes are concerned, as well as the effect of the ca