​“Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment?,” a new book edit­ed by Hugo Bedau and Paul Cassell, brings togeth­er judges, lawyers, pros­e­cu­tors and philoso­phers to debate the death penal­ty in a spir­it of open inquiry and exchange. The book dis­cuss­es issues such as deter­rence, inno­cence, life in prison with­out parole, and race. In addi­tion to the edi­tors, those who have chap­ters in the book inl­cude: Judge Alex Kozinski, Stephen Bright, Joshua Marquis, Bryan Stevenson, Professor Louis Pojman and for­mer Governor George Ryan. (Oxford University Press, 2004). See Resources.
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