Contributor
Williams, Mary E., 1960-
Imprint:San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, c2002.
Description208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:"Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections - by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens - include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the question raised and offer no slick answers." -- Booklist
Note:The death penalty will discourage crime (1701) / Paper presented before the English parliament -- The death penalty will not discourage crime (1764) / Cesare Beccaria -- Society must retain the death penalty for murder (1868) / John Stuart Mill -- The death penalty is state-sanctioned murder (1872) / Horace Greeley -- Capital punishment is a safeguard for society (1925) / Robert E. Crowe -- Capital punishment will not safeguard society (1928) / Clarence Darrow -- The death penalty is unjust / Progressive -- The death penalty is just / Ernest van den Haag -- The death penalty violates the sanctity of life / John Kavanaugh -- The death penalty affirms the sanctity of life / Michael D. Bradbury -- The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment / Peter L. Berger -- The death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment / Michael Scaljon -- Executions deliver reasonable retribution / Pat Buchanan -- Executions do not deliver reasonable retribution / Marvin E. Wolfgang -- The death penalty deters crime / Jay Johansen -- The death penalty does not deter crime / Christine Notis, Edward Hunter -- A more consistent death penalty would effectively deter crime / Wesley Lowe -- The death penalty increases the violent crime rate / Paul H. Rosenberg -- Executions deter felony murders / William Tucker -- A high conviction rate is a stronger deterrent than the death penalty / Steven E. Landsburg -- Wrongful executions are unlikely / Eugene H. Methvin -- Wrongful executions are likely / Clarence Page, Richard Cohen -- DNA evidence reveals the fallibility of death penalty trials / Washington Post national weekly edition -- DNA evidence will increase public confidence in death penalty trails / Gregg Easterbrook -- The death penalty is discriminatory / Mark Costanzo, Friends Committee on National Legislation -- The death penalty is not discriminatory / Dudley Sharp -- The retarded should not receive the death penalty / Rodney Ellis and Joseph Fiorenza -- The retarded should not be exempt from the death penalty / Cathleen C. Herasimchuk.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-201) and index.
