Is the death penalty fair?
By: Mary Williams, editor.
Contributors: Williams, Mary E., 1960-
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Capital punishment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: death penalty is unfair to minorities and the poor -- Jeffery L. Johnson and Colleen F. Johnson -- The; title: death penalty is not unfair to blacks -- John McAdams; title: Executing the mentally retarded is unfair -- Human Rights Watch -- The; title: mentally retarded do not face execution -- Dudley Sharp -- The; title: death penalty is biased in favor of women -- Cathy Young -- A; title: moratorium on executions is justified -- George H. Ryan; title: Wrongful executions are not likely to occur -- Eugene H. Methvin -- The; title: possibility of wrongful executions does not justify abolishing the death penalty -- Samuel Francis; title: Effective legal counsel and DNA testing could prevent the execution of innocents -- Patrick Leahy; title: DNA evidence will not prevent the execution of innocents -- Philip Brasfield -- The; title: unfairness of the death penalty could lead to its abolition -- Eric Ruder; title: Abolitionists' arguments should focus on morality rather than fairness-- R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.