Is the death penalty fair? /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Greenhaven Press,
[2003]
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| Series: | At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
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Table of Contents:
- The death penalty is unfair to minorities and the poor / Jeffery L. Johnson and Colleen F. Johnson
- The death penalty is not unfair to blacks / John McAdams
- Executing the mentally retarded is unfair / Human Rights Watch
- The mentally retarded do not face execution / Dudley Sharp
- The death penalty is biased in favor of women / Cathy Young
- A moratorium on executions is justified / George H. Ryan
- Wrongful executions are not likely to occur / Eugene H. Methvin
- The possibility of wrongful executions does not justify abolishing the death penalty / Samuel Francis
- Effective legal counsel and DNA testing could prevent the execution of innocents / Patrick Leahy
- DNA evidence will not prevent the execution of innocents / Philip Brasfield
- The unfairness of the death penalty could lead to its abolition / Eric Ruder
- Abolitionists' arguments should focus on morality rather than fairness / R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.