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Death Penalty: Is It Effective?
2003c87_a_0010934_r01.MP3
Collection StructureCommonwealth Club of California records > Sound recordings of club programs > Death Penalty: Is It Effective?
Item Title Death Penalty: Is It Effective?
Collection TitleCommonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Amsterdam, Anthony G.
Date CreatedJuly 08, 1977
Description

Capital punishment means exterminating people. The courts have authorized us to start up executions again, if we want to. Amsterdam talks about the prisoners awaiting capital punishment, legal errors, unconstitutional executions, and how discrimination infects justice. He considers the justifications for capital punishment, including retribution, isolation, and deterrence. Capital punishment is a dying institution, abandoned in most of the civilized world, and Amsterdam sees a future time when executions will cease. Shouldn't we stop them now?

Language(s)
English
Country of Origin
United States
Place RecordedSan Francisco, California, United States
FormatSound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover IDProgram 19770708; 2003c87_a_0010934
Record Number2003C87.815
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
RightsUsed with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

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