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(1704) (Bot) :''This article is about the fifth edition of ''The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints''; for the first edition see ''[[The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (1986)|The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'' (1986)'']]''; for the second edition see ''[[The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (1991)|The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'' (1991)]]; for the third edition see ''[[The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (1997)|The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'' (1997)]]; for the fourth edition see ''[[The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (1998)|The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'' (1998)]]; for the sixth edition see ''[[The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (2006)|The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'' (2006)]].'' '''''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 0-7377-0792-5) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-0791-7). ==Contents== {| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background: #dcdcdc;" !Chapter !Viewpoint !Author !Notes |- | Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? | | | |- | Introduction | | | |- | rowspan=6 | '''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]]'' [http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/waleslaw/hanging.htm] ([[Transaction Publishers]], 1990, hardcover ISBN 0-88738-369-6 and paperback ISBN 0-88738-858-2). |- || 2. The Death Penalty Will Not Discourage Crime (1764) | [[Cesare Beccaria]] | Excerpt from ''[[An Essay on Crimes and Punishments]]'' [http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/xbec.htm]. |- || 3. Society Must Retain the Death Penalty for Murder (1868) | [[John Stuart Mill]] | Excerpt from "[http://ethics.acusd.edu/Mill.html 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 1-4021-7271-0). |- || 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. |- | rowspan=8 | '''Chapter 2: Is the Death Penalty Just?''' | 1. The Death Penalty Is Unjust | ''[[The Progressive|Progressive]]'' | From "[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_2_64/ai_59270817 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 0-89089-651-8; 2003, ISBN 0-89089-064-1). |- || 3. The Death Penalty Violates the Sanctity of Life | [[John Kavanaugh]] | From "Killing Persons, Killing Ethics," ''[[America (magazine)|America]]'', [[July 19]]-26, 1997. |- || 4. The Death Penalty Affirms the Sanctity of Life | [[Michael D. Bradbury]] | Reprint of "[http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/affirmation.htm 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 "[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_13_52/ai_63173680 Beyond the 'Humanly Tolerable']," ''[[National Review]]'', [[July 17]] [[2000]]. |- || 6. The Death Penalty Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment | [[Michael Scaljon]] | Reprint of "[http://www.michaelscaljon.com/archives/1998_07_02_archive.html 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 "[http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~archives/ABOLISH/rick-halperin/apr00/0185.html We Do Not Deserve to Kill]," ''[[Crime and Delinquency]]'', January 1989. |- | rowspan=6 | '''Chapter 3: Is the Death Penalty an Effective Deterrent?''' | 1. The Death Penalty Deters Crime | [[Jay Johansen]] | Reprint of "[http://my.voyager.net/~jayjo/capdeter.htm Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime?]," [[March 29]] [[1998]]. |- || 2. The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Crime | [[Christine Notis]] and [[Edward Hunter (journalist)|Edward Hunter]] | ''Part I'': Reprint (minus endnotes) of "[http://www.atrueword.com/index.php/article/articleview/51/1/1 Is the Death Penalty an Effective Deterrent?]," 1997. ''Part II'': "[http://www.napa.ufl.edu/oldnews/death1.htm 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 "[http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html#deter 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 "[http://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/flashback-death051601.shtml 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 "[http://www.slatetv.com/id/57573/ Does Crime Pay? Yes, for Those Who Don't Wince at the Small Chance of a Big Punishment]," ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', [[December 8]] [[1999]]. |- | rowspan=8 | '''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 (journalist)|Richard Cohen]] | ''Part I'': From "'System Works'? Whose System?," ''[[Liberal Opinion Week]]'', [[February 22]] [[1999]]. ''Part II'': "[http://www.truthinjustice.org/r_cohen.htm 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 "[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1:63699695/The+Myth+of+Fingerprints+-+DNA+and+the+end+of+innocence~R~.html?refid=ip_hf 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'': "[http://web.archive.org/web/20040412192512re_/www.fcnl.org/issues/cri/sup/death_penalty.htm 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 "[http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/racism.htm 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 "[http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist13/pr99/p042299a.htm 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 | | | |- |} ==External links== *[http://www.bookrags.com/researchtopics/the-death-penalty/ ''The Death Penalty''] at [[BookRags.com]]. [[Category:2002 books|Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (2002)]] [[Category:Capital punishment|Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints (2002)]] [[Category:Books in the Opposing Viewpoints series]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints}} {{poli-book-stub}}