Loungers with an interest in the death penalty may wish to read an editorial by my former colleague (now at crosstown UH) Adam Gershowitz (pictured). A teaser: "The real problem with the death penalty is that it is terrible public
policy that the voters of Texas should reject." The full editorial, which appeared in the Sunday edition of The Houston Chronicle, is available here.
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And any readers wanting to pursue the subject in more depth can e-mail me for a bibliography on capital punishment.
Posted by: Patrick S. O'Donnell | March 22, 2010 at 02:09 PM
Great article but he got blasted in the comments
Posted by: Mario Rossi | March 25, 2010 at 06:30 PM