by Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress Charles Simic: “It’s when it comes to true monsters, and there are plenty of them here, that someone like me, who opposes capital punishment, begins to wonder if there ought to be an exception now and then. Take the case of Ted Bundy who killed at least thirty women, and of other serial killers”.
From NYRBlog: Simic’s review of Robert K. Elder: Last Words of the Executed. With a foreword by Studs Terkel. Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press 2010. UCP’s site (with ToC, Excerpt): “The product of seven years of extensive research by journalist Robert K. Elder, the book explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. We hear from both the famous—such as Nathan Hale, Joe Hill, Ted Bundy, and John Brown—and the forgotten, and their words give us unprecedented glimpses into their lives, their crimes, and the world they inhabited. Organized by era and method of execution, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific. Some are calls for peace or cries against injustice; others are accepting, confessional, or consoling; still others are venomous, rage-fueled diatribes. Even the chills evoked by some of these last words are brought on in part by the shared humanity we can’t ignore, their reminder that we all come to the same end, regardless of how we arrive there”.
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