{"product_id":"victor-hugo-no-to-the-death-penalty-9781644213469","title":"Victor Hugo: No to the Death Penalty","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first young adult book about the great writer and social justice activist plunges us into the heart of Victor Hugo's fierce fight against the death penalty. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA new addition to the \"They Said No\" series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe guillotine. When Victor Hugo was a child in early 1800s France, it was common to walk down the street and see a petty thief or vagrant beheaded at the guillotine. It was a brutal punishment and also a public spectacle. Hugo was sickened and haunted by these public executions. For him, no man has the right or the power to end the life of another, whatever the crime committed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHugo was a poet and novelist, author of \u003ci\u003eLes Miserables\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c\/i\u003e among many others. But equally important to him was his work that protected life, like his book \u003ci\u003eThe Last Day of a Condemned Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which allowed readers to understand what it might feel like to contemplate one's impending death. He also led a fight to save an assassin named Tapner: he had \"declared war on the guillotine.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany activists have taken up the fight to end the death penalty. And much progress has been made around the world. Yet many countries--China, Iran, Egypt, the United States and many others--despite calls from those around the world who continue to say no, still allow the death penalty as a form of state-sanctioned punishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Square\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644213469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Murielle Szac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798478061749,"sku":"9781644213469","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_070fffba-b692-4f0b-9f7f-7a205f6a5dd3.jpg?v=1758638818","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/victor-hugo-no-to-the-death-penalty-9781644213469","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}