Death penalty

Merino, Noël, (editor of compilation.).

Summary: A compendium of opinion surrounding the death penalty, including its ethics, public service, application, and reformation possibilities.

Record details

ISBN: 9780737772135 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0737772131 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780737772142 (pbk.)
ISBN: 073777214X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
157 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-151) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Overview: View of death penalty as morally OK unchanged in US / Jeffrey M. Jones -- Q&A : death penalty proponent Robert Blecker / Robert Blecker, interviewed by Rodger Jones -- Koch death penalty arguments still persuasive / Jack Kenny -- Why Christians should support the death penalty / R. Albert Mohler Jr. -- The US death penalty violates human rights / David A. Love -- Against capital punishment / Charles C.W. Cooke -- Overview: The cost of the death penalty / Richard Williams -- The death penalty is an effective punishment / Derek Hunter -- The death penalty protects society from the most evil criminals / Matt K. Lewis -- The death penalty is a deterrent to murder / William Tucker -- The death penalty is a flawed form of punishment / Brad Bushman -- Why conservatives should oppose the death penalty / Radley Balko -- The death penalty is too costly for society / Richard C. Dieter -- Overview: Death penalty demographics / Tracy L. Snell -- Disparity in death penalty rates is not evidence of racial bias / Kent S. Scheidegger -- Justice after Troy Davis / Ross Douthat -- The US death penalty is inseparable from white supremacy / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- The death penalty is carried out against those with mental illness / Natasha Lennard -- Innocent people are given death sentences / Samuel R. Gross et al. -- Overview: US support for the death penalty / Pew Research Center -- The death penalty should be replaced by life without parole / Lauren Galik -- Life without parole is a different kind of death sentence / David R. Dow -- The death penalty should be abolished / Marc Hyden -- Why death penalty opponents can't win / Jonah Goldberg -- Getting rid of the death penalty would eliminate plea bargains / Debra J. Saunders.