In:
Israel Law Review, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 25, No. 3-4 ( 1991), p. 466-480
Abstract:
Argument over the death penalty — especially in the United States during the past generation — has been concentrated in large part on trying to answer various disputed questions of fact . Among them two have been salient: is the death penalty a better deterrent to crime (especially murder) than the alternative of imprisonment? Is the death penalty administered in a discriminatory way — in particular, are black or other nonwhite offenders (or offenders whose victims are white) more likely to be tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and executed than whites (or than offenders whose victims are nonwhite)? Other questions of fact have also been explored, including these two: what is the risk that an innocent person could actually be executed for a crime he did not commit? What is the risk that a person convicted of a capital felony but not executed will commit another capital felony?
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-2237
,
2047-9336
DOI:
10.1017/S0021223700010554
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1991
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2254971-7
SSG:
2
SSG:
7,7
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