rom within families, communities, schools and labor markets on the legal system. ... Those who once supported the death penalty on the grounds that it served as a deterrent to crime and was a cheaper alternative to life imprisonment, now find themselves questioning the arbitrariness and accuracy of the system. ...
They also show that public opinion changes when a sentencing alternative is suggested, "When given an explicit alternative to the death penalty- life imprisonment with no chance for parole- the percentage of Americans favoring the death penalty drops to near 50 percent." ...
As Supreme Court Justice Blackmun puts it " The death penalty is not now, nor has it ever been, a more economical alternative to life imprisonment". ... A recent study by Columbia University Law School found that two thirds of all capitol crime contained serious errors. ...
Capital Punishment Capital punishment is not a new concept. It is older then the Roman Empire, and has changed much since it's first use. Death through drowning, crucifixion, or hanging, or throwing form a high rock, or being thrown into a fiery furnace, or firing squad, or electric chair or th...
