Criminal
Feb. 14, 2014
Why prosecutors should oppose the death penalty
As long as capital punishment exists, some offenders will receive less punishment than they deserve. Some may even get away with murder. By Jesse Cheng
If justice requires accountability for those who kill, prosecutors should want to abolish the death penalty. As long as capital punishment exists, some offenders will receive less punishment than they deserve. Some may even get away with murder.
Prosecutors face a certain inevitable problem with homicides: Some are harder to prosecute than others. Witnesses may be too fearful to cooperate. The results from the crime lab may be inconclusiv...
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