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The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series. It presents selections of contrasting viewpoints on the death penalty: first surveying centuries of debate on it; then questioning whether it is just; whether it is an effective deterrent; and whether it is applied fairly. It was edited by Mary E. Williams.
It was published by Greenhaven Press (San Diego) in 2002 as a 208-page hardcover (ISBN 0737707925) and paperback (ISBN 0737707917).
Contents
| Chapter | Viewpoint | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? | |||
| Introduction | |||
| Chapter 1: Three Centuries of Debate on the Death Penalty | 1. The Death Penalty Will Discourage Crime (1701) | Paper presented before the English parliament | Excerpt from Hanging Not Punishment Enough for Murtherers, High-way Men, and House-Breakers (Transaction Publishers, 1990, hardcover ISBN 0887383696 and paperback ISBN 0887388582). |
| 2. The Death Penalty Will Not Discourage Crime (1764) | Cesare Beccaria | Excerpt from An Essay on Crimes and Punishments . | |
| 3. Society Must Retain the Death Penalty for Murder (1868) | John Stuart Mill | Excerpt from "Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment," in Hansard's Parliamentary Debate. | |
| 4. The Death Penalty Is State-Sanctioned Murder (1872) | Horace Greeley | Excerpt from Hints Toward Reforms: In Lectures, Addresses, and Other Writings (Fowlers and Wells, 1853; Elibron Classics, 2005, paperback, ISBN 1402172710). | |
| 5. Capital Punishment Is a Safeguard for Society (1925) | Robert E. Crowe | Excerpt from "Capital Punishment Protects Society," The Forum, February 1925. | |
| 6. Capital Punishment Will Not Safeguard Society (1928) | Clarence Darrow | Excerpt from "The Futility of the Death Penalty," The Forum, September 1928. | |
| Chapter 2: Is the Death Penalty Just? | 1. The Death Penalty Is Unjust | Progressive | From "The Case Against the Death Penalty," editorial, The Progressive, February 2000. |
| 2. The Death Penalty Is Just | Ernest van den Haag | Excerpt from "Justice, Deterrence, and the Death Penalty," chapter 5 of America's Experiment With Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Ultimate Penal Sanction, edited by James R. Acker, Robert M. Bohm, and Charles S. Lanier (Carolina Academic Press, 1998, ISBN 0890896518; 2003, ISBN 0890890641). | |
| 3. The Death Penalty Violates the Sanctity of Life | John Kavanaugh | From "Killing Persons, Killing Ethics," America, July 19-26, 1997. | |
| 4. The Death Penalty Affirms the Sanctity of Life | Michael D. Bradbury | Reprint of "The Death Penalty Is an Affirmation of the Sanctity of Life," Los Angeles Times, 24 September 2000. | |
| 5. The Death Penalty is Cruel and Unusual Punishment | Peter L. Berger | From "Beyond the 'Humanly Tolerable'," National Review, July 17 2000. | |
| 6. The Death Penalty Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment | Michael Scaljon | Reprint of "Liberals, Death-Penalty Protesters Endanger Society," Daily Texan, July 2 1998. | |
| 7. Executions Deliver Reasonable Retribution | Pat Buchanan | Reprint of "Death Penalty Is Act of Retribution, Not Revenge," Conservative Chronicle, February 18 1998. | |
| 8. Executions Do Not Deliver Reasonable Retribution | Marvin E. Wolfgang | Excerpt from "We Do Not Deserve to Kill," Crime and Delinquency, January 1989. | |
| Chapter 3: Is the Death Penalty an Effective Deterrent? | 1. The Death Penalty Deters Crime | Jay Johansen | Reprint of "Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime?," March 29 1998. |
| 2. The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Crime | Christine Notis and Edward Hunter | Part I: Reprint (minus endnotes) of "Is the Death Penalty an Effective Deterrent?," 1997. Part II: "Experts Agree: Death Penalty Not a Deterrent to Violent Crime", January 15 1997. | |
| 3. A More Consistent Death Penalty Would Effectively Deter Crime | Wesley Lowe | Reprint of "The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment," 1999. | |
| 4. The Death Penalty Increases the Violent Crime Rate | Paul H. Rosenberg | Reprint of "Bush, Gore Both Wrong on Death Penalty Deterrence." 18 October 1999. | |
| 5. Executions Deter Felony Murders | William Tucker | Reprint of "The Chair Deters," National Review, July 17 2000. | |
| 6. A High Conviction Rate Is a Stronger Deterrent Than the Death Penalty | Steven E. Landsburg | Reprint of "Does Crime Pay? Yes, for Those Who Don't Wince at the Small Chance of a Big Punishment," Slate, December 8 1999. | |
| Chapter 4: Is the Death Penalty Applied Fairly? | 1. Wrongful Executions are Unlikely | Eugene H. Methvin | Reprint of "Death Penalty Is Fairer Than Ever," Wall Street Journal, May 10 2000. |
| 2. Wrongful Executions are Likely | Clarence Page and Richard Cohen | Part I: From "'System Works'? Whose System?," Liberal Opinion Week, February 22 1999. Part II: "The Vain Search for Deadly Accuracy," The Washington Post, April 20 2000. | |
| 3. DNA Evidence Reveals the Fallibility of Death Penalty Trials | Washington Post National Weekly Edition | Reprint of "Another DNA Exoneration," editorial, The Washington Post, January 25 2001. | |
| 4. DNA Evidence Will Increase Public Confidence in Death Penalty Trails | Gregg Easterbrook | Excerpt from "The Myth of Fingerprints: DNA and the End of Innocence," The New Republic, July 31 2000. | |
| 5. The Death Penalty Is Discriminatory | Mark Costanzo and Friends Committee on National Legislation | Part I: Reprint of "How Murderers Can Avoid the Executioner," The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 14 1998. Part II: "The Death Penalty: Is It Arbitrary, Capricious, and Racially Skewed?," editorial in FCNL Washington Newsletter, June 20 2000. | |
| 6. The Death Penalty Is Not Discriminatory | Dudley Sharp | Reprint of "The Death Penalty in Black and White," June 24 1999. | |
| 7. The Retarded Should Not Receive the Death Penalty | Rodney Ellis and Joseph Fiorenza | Reprint of "Criminal to Be Executing Mentally Retarded Inmates," Houston Chronicle, May 3 1999. | |
| 8. The Retarded Should Not Be Exempt From the Death Penalty | Cathleen C. Herasimchuk | Reprint of "Keep Inmates' IQs Out of Death Penalty Decisions," Houston Chronicle, May 21 1999. | |
| For Further Discussion | |||
| Organizations to Contact | |||
| Bibliography of Books | |||
| Index |
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