The July 2004 edi­tion of The American Prospect fea­tures a spe­cial sec­tion on cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment with arti­cles by some of the nation’s most respect­ed experts on the top­ic. ​“Reasonable Doubts: A Special Report on the Death Penalty” exam­ines the grow­ing move­ment to reform or abol­ish cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in America. Among the top­ics exam­ined are pub­lic opin­ion, inno­cence, race, and the death penal­ty for juve­niles. The series also pro­vides a clos­er look at the death penal­ty in states such as Illinois and Texas, and offers an overview of the Supreme Court’s recent deci­sions on the death penal­ty. The authors includ­ed are: Anthony Amsterdam, Hugo Bedau, Christina Swarns, Tom Lowenstein, Sasha Abramsky, Jean Templeton, Joseph Rosenbloom, and Connie de la Vega. See Resources.

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