"An Eye for an Eye"

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"An Eye for an Eye" is a novel by famed American lawyer and social critic Clarence Darrow that explores themes of justice, morality, and the death penalty.

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instanceOf novel
author Clarence Darrow
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept ethical implications of the death penalty
retributive justice
social inequality in the legal system
genre legal fiction
novel
social problem novel
hasAuthorNationality American
hasAuthorOccupation lawyer
social critic
hasForm prose
hasMoralQuestion whether state-sanctioned execution is just
hasPerspective critical of capital punishment
hasSettingType legal environment
hasTopic criminal justice system
legal reform
social justice
intendedAudience general adult readership
literaryMovement social realism
mainTheme capital punishment
crime and punishment
death penalty
justice
legal ethics
morality
social criticism
narrativeFocus consequences of capital punishment
moral ambiguity of retribution
originalLanguage English
workOf Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow wrote "An Eye for an Eye"