Criminal
Jul. 1, 2000
Death Penalty Study Is Full Of Unjustified Assumptions
By Kent S. Scheidegger A study made national headlines June 12 claiming to show that America's death-penalty process is "fraught with error." However, the study, "A Broken System: Error Rates In Capital Cases" led by Columbia Prof. James Liebman, a longtime death-penalty opponent, is itself riddled with unjustified assumptions and misleading statements.
By Kent S. Scheidegger
A study made national headlines June 12 claiming to show that America's death-penalty...
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