“A major theme of the Court’s opinion is that permitting the death penalty in child-rape cases is not in the best interests of the victims of these crimes and society at large. In this vein, the Court suggests that it is more painful for child-rape victims to testify when the prosecution is seeking the death […]
Archive for the 'DeathPenalty' Category
Jun26th2008
Feb25th2008
“Punishment has its origins in the demand for justice, and justice is demanded by angry, morally indignant men, men who are angry when someone else is robbed, raped, or murdered, men utterly unlike Camus’s Meursault. This anger is an expression of their caring, and the just society needs citizens who care for each other, and […]
Jun9th2007
Yahoo News Reports what common sense already tells us:
Studies say death penalty deters crime
By ROBERT TANNER, AP National Writer Sun Jun 10, 2:01 PM ET
Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress […]
Apr14th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, DeathPenalty, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 2 Comments“Becker mentions the possibility of racial discrimination in execution. Studies done some years ago–I do not know whether they would be descriptive of current practice–revealed the following pattern: murderers of black people were less likely to be executed than murderers of white people. Since blacks were more likely to murder other blacks than to murder […]
Apr12th2006
“Early empirical analysis by Isaac Ehrlich found a substantial incremental deterrent effect of capital punishment, a finding that coincides with the common sense of the situation: it is exceedingly rare for a defendant who has a choice to prefer being executed to being imprisoned for life. Ehrlich’s work was criticized by some economists, but more […]
May20th2005
The Death Penalty Revisited
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, DeathPenalty and General. 1 CommentReaders of my blog are aware that I have problems with the death penalty. While I tend to disagree with it, I also tend to go back and forth on this issue. I don’t see it as clear cut as other issues, and so I try to read as much as I can on the […]
Mar31st2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Abortion, DeathPenalty and General. 7 Comments“I do not understand why people who want to save the whales (so do I) find campaigns to save humans so much less arresting. I do not understand their lack of passion. But the save-the-whales people are somehow rarely the stop-abortion-please people.
The PETA people, who say they are committed to ending cruelty to animals, seem […]
Dec3rd2004
Are You For Or Against The Death Penalty?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, DeathPenalty and General. 1 CommentIf you are in any way interested in the death penalty debate you should read these debates on the topic. They demonstrate the main arguments involved and will give you a better feel for where both sides stand. Pay special attention to Session Three that has US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia participating.
Jul30th2004
I have received several responses in regards to my post below dealing with Abortion. The responses common theme is that conservatives are “hypocrites” and have a “backwards view of reality” because of their anti-abortion, and at the same time pro-Capital Punishment views. How could conservatives be for life with regard to abortion, but against life […]
