Choosing Mercy

Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty by Antoinette Bosco

My rating:

2 stars—It was okay.

My thoughts:

While Bosco’s viewpoint is interesting, the book wasn’t well laid out. It was a struggle to get through.

Description from Goodreads.com:

“Antoinette Bosco's heart was crushed when Shadow Clark murdered her son John and his wife Nancy. In time her grief transformed into forgiveness. Toni felt that to want one more unnatural death would be wrong. "I could say that the 18-year -old who ended the lives of my children with an 8mm semiautomatic must be punished for life but I could not say, kill this killer". Toni chose mercy over vengeance, and again her life changed forever.Today she is widely known as an opponent of capital punishment in this the only modern Western nation that retains executions. In telling her dramatic journey she presents compelling arguments why the death penalty does not work and is morally wrong. She also shares unforgettable true stories form parents such as Dominick Dunne who suffered through similar experiences but also learned to choose love over fear.”