TY - BOOK AU - Connors, Paul AU - Connors,Paul G. TI - Capital punishment T2 - Current controversies SN - 9780737737110 AV - KF9227.C2 C34 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Farmington Hills, MI PB - Greenhaven Press KW - Capital punishment KW - United States KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index; Is capital punishment ethical? Yes, capital punishment is ethical : When a loved one is murdered, the death penalty seems moral / Olga Polites -- Death by lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment / Cal Thomas -- Juvenile executions should be ruled constitutional / Robert H. Bork -- Capital punishment is moral to prevent the taking of innocent lives / Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule -- No, capital punishment is not ethical : Capital punishment is simply murder / Gary Egeberg -- Death by lethal injection is inhumane / Deborah W. Denno -- Putting juvenile murderers to death is wrong / Craig M. Bradley -- Physicians have an ethical responsibility not to participate in executions / Peter A. Clark -- Is capital punishment administered fairly? Yes, capital punishment is administered fairly : The chance of executing an innocent person is very slight / Richard A. Posner -- Capital punishment is administered fairly / Joshua Marquis -- Death row reforms may lead to a fairer criminal justice system / Jean M. Templeton -- No, capital punishment is not administered fairly : Wrongful convictions involving prisoners are too common / C. Ronald Huff -- The death penalty is not applied equally to both sexes / Victor L. Streib -- Scientific evidence does not ensure guilt in death penalty cases / Sheila Jasanoff -- The evidence of innocence is often withheld in death penalty cases / Dale S. Recinella; Is capital punishment an effective deterrent to crime? Yes, capital punishment is an effective deterrent to crime : Capital punishment does in fact deter crime / Joanna M. Shepherd -- Homicidal violence in Great Britain has increased since the abolition of the death penalty / Theodore Dalrymple -- Hanging Saddam Hussein will deter future chaos in Iraq / Patrick Poole -- No, capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to crime : Studeis cannot "prove" capital punishment deters crime / Clive Stafford Smith -- Capital punishment is ineffective and dangerous / Michael Cohen -- Deterrence studies are inconsistent and unscientific / Jeffrey Fagan -- Should capital punishment be abolished or reformed? Executions should be televised to spur debate about capital punishment / Howard Rosenberg -- Capital punishment is a failed experiment and should be abolished / Anna Quindlen -- Feminists should advocated to abolish capital punishment / Laura Huey -- Saddam Hussein should not have been hanged / Richard Dawkins -- Public and state support for the death penalty is declining / Dahlia Lithwick N2 - Gives the pros and cons of capital punishment, the ethical question, and if it's a deterrent to crime UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007025898.html ER -