Contributor
Henningfeld, Diane Andrews.
Imprint:Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2006.
Description223 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:Is the death penalty just? Death penalty is just / Antonin Scalia -- Death penalty is unjust / Anthony G. Amsterdam -- Death penalty kills innocent people / Daily Record Advisory Board -- Death penalty protects innocent people / Jeff Jacoby -- Executions deliver reasonable retribution / Bob Goodlatte -- Executions do not deliver reasonable retribution / Robert Grant -- Death penalty is consistent with religious ethics / Kerby Anderson -- Death penalty is not consistent with religious ethics / Kenneth R. Overberg -- Does the death penalty deter crime? Common sense proves that the death penalty deters crime / Richard A. Devine -- Common sense proves that the death penalty does not deter crime Marshall Dayan -- Studies show that the death penalty deters crime / Iain Murray -- Studies show that the death penalty does not deter crime / Ted Goertzel -- Death penalty protects Americans from terrorism / Johnny Sutton -- Death penalty makes Americans more vulnerable to terrorists / Timothy H. Edgar -- Is the death penalty applied fairly? Death penalty discriminates against racial minorities / Christina Swarns -- Death penalty does not discriminate against racial minorities / John Perazzo -- Juveniles should not receive the death penalty / Anthony M. Kennedy -- Juveniles should not be exempt from the death penalty / Sandra Day O'Connor -- DNA evidence will make the death penalty more fair / Paul A. Logli -- DNA evidence does not make the death penalty more fair / Richard Dieter -- Attorney incompetence makes the death penalty unfair / Friends committee on Legislation Education Fund -- Attorney competence does not make the death penalty unfair / Joshua K. Marquis -- Should the death penalty be reformed? Death penalty should be abolished / Women's Bar Association of the State of New York -- Death penalty must be maintained / Dudley Sharp -- Death penalty must be reformed / Steven D. Stewart -- Death penalty is too flawed to be fixed / Amnesty International -- Death penalty costs too much / George Sjostrom -- Death penalty does not cost too much / Jon Sorensen -- Lethal injection should be abolished / Lancet -- Lethal injection should be maintained / Kyle Janek.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index.
