The Death Penalty

  • The Death Penalty: Just Punishment or Cruel Practice?
    The Death Penalty: Just Punishment or Cruel Practice?
    By Allison Krumsiek

    This volume examines the history of the death penalty, the ways it is administered, and the arguments for and against it.

  • The Death Penalty
    The Death Penalty
    By Nicola Barber

    In this provocative narrative, readers explore one of the major global debates of our time_whether or not the death penalty is an abuse of human rights.

  • The Death Penalty
    The Death Penalty
    By Stuart Banner

    The death penalty arouses our passions as does few other issues. Some view taking another person’s life as just and reasonable punishment while others see it as an inhumane and...

  • The Death Penalty: Issues and Answers
    The Death Penalty: Issues and Answers
    By David Lester

    Is the death penalty a deterrent? Is it applied disproportionately to certain ethnic groups? How harsh is life on death row? In this expanded new edition the author examines these...

  • The Death Penalty
    The Death Penalty
    By The New York Times Editorial Staff

    Despite human rights organizations' and the United Nations' calls to end the death penalty, the United States continues to use it, placing it in an unusual grouping with China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, among others.

  • The Death Penalty
    The Death Penalty
    By Jane Vetter

    Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, 1047 people have been executed. (Death Row 1, 5). Among all U.S. states allowing the death penalty, California, Texas and Florida have the most criminals on death row (Death Row 29).

  • The Death Penalty
    The Death Penalty
    By Lauri S. Friedman

    This new series is inspired by the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, which explores important issues, placing expert opinions from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format....