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Jul. 17, 2008
Harsh Prison Terms Might Work Better Than Painless Executions
Faced with an increasingly painless death penalty and an increasingly harsh prison alternative, decision-makers in capital cases have compelling grounds to question the marginal benefits of a death sanction, writes Scott W. Howe - Forum Column
By Scott W. Howe
This article appears on Page 4
Recently, in Baze v. Rees, the Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's lethal injection procedure, and, thus, ended a nearly seven-month moratorium on executions that arose when the court granted review last September. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decisive plurality opinion. Abolitionists, of course, were not happy. They are now openly represented on the co...
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