The opposing viewpoints Wekesser, Carol 1963- ed. text bibliography cau San Diego, CA Greenhaven Press c1991 1991 2nd ed., rev. monographic eng

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191 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 23 cm. Opposing viewpoints debate death penalty issues. Includes critical thinking activities. The death penalty will discourage crime (1701) / Paper presented before the English Parliament -- The death penalty will not discourage crime (1764) / Cesare Beccaria -- Society must retain the death penalty for murder (1868) / John Stuart Mill -- The death penalty is state-sanctioned murder (1872) / Horace Greeley -- Capital punishment is a safeguard for society (1925) / Robert E. Crowe -- Capital punishment will not safeguard society (1928) / Clarence Darrow -- The death penalty is just / Jacob Sullum -- The death penalty is unjust / Lloyd Steffen -- Christians can morally support the death penalty / Michael Pakaluk -- Christians cannot morally support the death penalty / John Dear -- Executing juvenile murderers is just / Ernest van den Haag -- Executing juvenile murderers is unjust / Glenn M. Bieler -- The death penalty is an effective punishment / Robert W. Lee -- The death penalty is not an effective punishment / Matthew L. Stephens -- The death penalty deters murder / Steven Goldberg -- The death penalty does not deter murder / Stephen Nathanson -- Limitless appeals make the death penalty ineffective / William H. Rehnquist -- Limiting death sentence appeals would harm civil rights / Stephen Reinhardt -- The death penalty discriminates against blacks / Anthony G. Amsterdam -- The death penalty does not discriminate against blacks / Laurence W. Johnson -- The death penalty discriminates against the poor / Michael E. Endres -- Guilt overrides the importance of death penalty discrimination / Ernest van den Haag -- Drug dealers should be executed / Alfonse D'Amato & William F. Buckley Jr. -- Drug dealers should not be executed / Sandra R. Acosta -- Terrorists should be executed / Robert A. Friedlander -- Terrorists should not be executed / Amnesty International. Carol Wekesser, book editor. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187) and index. n-us--- Capital punishment Capital punishment United States Capital punishment Critical thinking HV8694 .D385 1991 364.6/6 0899081800 (lib. bdg.) 089908155X (pbk.) 91009931 DLC 910304 20151217121538.0 2486007