Virtual Book Club: September 2025

Get mobilized with SCADP and the SC Christian Action Council with our Virtual Book Club! Our September selection is Arbitrary Death: A Prosecutor's Perspective on the Death Penalty by Rick Unklesbay!

Bring your favorite beverage as we discuss this compilation of real-life stories. You are not required to read the book for the event and are encouraged to purchase the book at your local bookseller or borrow it from your local library!

Book Summary

Over a career spanning nearly four decades, Rick Unklesbay has tried over one hundred murder cases before juries that ended with sixteen men and women receiving the death sentence. Arbitrary Death depicts some of the most horrific murders in Tucson, Arizona, the author's prosecution of those cases, and how the death penalty was applied. It provides the framework to answer the questions: Why is America the only Western country to still use the death penalty? Can a…