Capital punishment

Ch.1. Is capital punishment ethical? Yes, capital punishment is ethical: When a loved one is murdered, the death penalty seems moral / Olga Polites Death by lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment / Cal Thomas Juvenile executions should be ruled constitutional / Robert H. Bork Capital punishment is moral to prevent the taking of innocent lives / Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule No, capitalpunishment is not ethical: Capital punishment is simply murder / Gary Egeberg Death by lethal injection is inhumane / Deborah W. Denno Putting juvenile murderers to death is wrong / Craig M. Bradley Physicians have an ethical responsibility not to participate in executions / Peter A. Clark Ch.2. Is capital punishment administered fairly? Yes, capital punishment is administered fairly: The chance of executing an innocent person is very slight / Richard A. Posner Capital punishment is administered fairly / Joshua Marquis Death row reforms may lead to a fairer criminal justice system / Jean M. Templeton No, capital punishment is not administered fairly: Wrongful convictions involving prisoners are too common / C. Ronald Huff The death penalty is not applied equally to both sexes / Victor L. Streib Scientific evidence does not ensure guilt in death penalty cases / Sheila Jasanoff The evidence of innocence is often withheld in death penalty cases / Dale S. Recinella

Ch.3. Is capital punishment an effective deterrent to crime? Yes, capital punishment is an effective deterrent to crime: Capital punishment does in fact deter crime / Joanna M. Shepherd

Homicidal violence in Great Britain has increased since the abolition of the death penalty / Theodore Dalrymple

Hanging Saddam Hussein sill deter future chaos in Iraq / Patrick Poole

No, capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to crim: Studeis cannot "prove" capital punishment deters crime / Clive Stafford Smith

Capital punishment is ineffective and dangerous / Michael Cohen

Deterrence studies are inconsistent and unscientific / Jeffrey Fagan

Ch.4. Should capital punishment be abolished or reformed? Executions should be televised to spur debate about capital punishment / Howard Rosenberg

Capital punishment is a failed experiment and should be abolished / Anna Quindlen

Feminists should advocated to abolish capital punishment / Laura Huey

Saddam Hussein should not have been hanged / Richard Dawkins

Public and state support for the death penalty is declining / Dahlia Lithwick.