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Is the Death Penalty Ever Justified?

Jess Coleman  05.18.2012
The only thing being accomplished by the death penalty is death itself. A country that brutally murders its citizens seems as far from...

Since When Don't We Put a Price Tag on Justice?

Ty Alper  05.16.2012
Faced with unassailable evidence that the death penalty in California costs hundreds of millions of dollars per year, supporters tend to...

The Death Penalty is the Tip of America's Human Rights Iceberg

David A. Love  05.16.2012
There's a buzz about the death penalty in America these days and nearly all of the conversation focuses not on how to maintain the practice,...
Texas Executed An Innocent Man, Columbia University Team Says

Texas Executed An Innocent Man, Columbia University Team Says

Michael McLaughlin  05.15.2012
One of the strongest arguments against the death penalty is the frightening chance of executing an innocent person. Columbia University...
The Mandatory Death Penalty: A Blinkered Policy

The Mandatory Death Penalty: A Blinkered Policy

Kirsten Han  05.11.2012
The mandatory death penalty is far too simplistic a solution for a problem as big as drug trafficking and abuse. Unless we can shake off...
Texas Lawman to High Court: DNA Testing

Texas Lawman to High Court: DNA Testing "Frivolous" in Death Penalty Case

David Protess  05. 4.2012
If the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants the motion for DNA testing, a little blood and sweat on a jacket may be the difference between...
Man Who Killed Neighbor Over Motorcycle Wants Stay Of Execution

Man Who Killed Neighbor Over Motorcycle Wants Stay Of Execution

05. 2.2012
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man was spared from the death chamber Wednesday after a federal appeals court refused to overturn a district...
The Death Penalty Option: I Support It

The Death Penalty Option: I Support It

Ed Koch  05. 1.2012
I support having the penalty available as an option in particularly heinous murders. The reason being that many more innocent lives would...
Did This Man Suffer Cruel And Unusual Pain During Execution?

Did This Man Suffer Cruel And Unusual Pain During Execution?

04.27.2012
(Reuters) - A Kentucky judge ordered state officials to consider using a single drug to carry out executions instead of a series of three...
Death Row Prisoner's Last Words: 'I Messed Up And Can't Take That Back'

Death Row Prisoner's Last Words: 'I Messed Up And Can't Take That Back'

04.27.2012
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man condemned for a robbery in which three people were shot, one fatally, apologized to a woman who survived...
ReThink Review: <em>Bernie</em> -- Murder on Ice

ReThink Review: Bernie -- Murder on Ice

Jonathan Kim  04.27.2012
Why would a small town in East Texas claim that one of its residents, an assumedly gay man, should be given a lenient sentence for shooting...

Connecticut Repeals the Death Penalty

Suzanne Langlois  04.26.2012
The Nutmeg State has become the 17th state to abolish capital punishment, replacing it with life in prison without the possibility of parole....
Shifts Seen In Support For Death Penalty Around The Country

Shifts Seen In Support For Death Penalty Around The Country

Jahnabi Barooah  04.25.2012
By Kevin Johnson USA Today WASHINGTON (RNS) The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series...
Lawyer Is 'Very Disturbed' By What Happened To Inmate At Execution

Lawyer Is 'Very Disturbed' By What Happened To Inmate At Execution

04.25.2012
FLORENCE, Ariz. -- The attorney for an Arizona death-row inmate executed Wednesday said he was "very disturbed" after seeing his client...
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