The Monster
by Jeff Hood
An interrogation of the figure the death penalty requires: the monster, the irredeemable, the person whose humanity a jury must first refuse before the state can kill. Hood traces that construction back through American history and forward into the courtroom.
The book asks what we lose when we accept a category no human being can occupy, and what it costs the country every time we insist the category is real.
Proceeds from this book fund the Execution Intervention Project — legal work, clemency campaigns, and direct support for people on death row.
