00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000010763 20230221032955 0010-1122000105 ta 230221###########################0#eng## 978-0-19-516983-6 364.4 364.4 DEB d Debating the Death Penalty : Should America have capital punishment? : the experts on both sides make their best cast / edited by Hugo Adam Bedau New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 242 hlm ; 27 cm Law--Death Penalty Punishment--International Every few years, current events bring a fresh round of heated arguments about the death penalty, a highly contentious and often highly emotional topic. This volume brings together seven experts-judges, lawyers, prosecutors, and philosophers-to debate the death penalty in a spirit of open inquiry and civil discussion. Here, as the contributors present their reasons for or against capital punishment, the multiple facets of the issue are revealed in clear and thought- provoking detail. Is the death penalty a viable deterrent to future crimes? Does the legal system discriminate against poor or minority defendants? In confronting such questions and making their arguments, the contributors marshal an impressive array of evidence, culled both from statistics and from their own experiences working on death penalty cases. Debating the Death Penalty 06391/MKRI-P/X-2007 06391/MKRI-P/X-2007