Death Penalty: Fair Solution or Moral Failure? (USA Today's Debate: Voices & Perspectives)

This book debates arguments for and against capital punishment. It looks at key questions, such as whether the death penalty is applied unfairly to minorities and the poor, whether the death penalty deters crime, and whether innocent people have ever been wrongly executed. It also discusses key Supreme Court cases, life on death row, execution methods, the use of DNA testing in death penalty cases, ethical and religious arguments for and against the death penalty, and public opinion. The book includes copious statistics, case studies, and quotes from politicians, murder victims' families, religious leaders, and others on both sides of the debate.