Readings Essay #2

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Writer's Notes for Essay #2
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1. Michael Kinsley "The Intellectual Free Lunch" No Writer's notes for this one. Read and decide why, out of the millions of essays I could have assigned, this is the first essay you read before making an argument.
2. From CQ Researcher Death Penalty Debate

For essays 2, 3, and 4 below

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3. From Opposing Viewpoints online The Death Penalty Deters Crime (Be sure to click on the graphs at the end of the document) (Document Number: EJ3010119227)
4. From Opposing Viewpoints online The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Crime (Document number: EJ3010119228)
5. From Opposing Viewpoints online The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished Crime and Criminals, 2009 Amnesty International, "The Death Penalty v. Human Rights: Why Abolish the Death Penalty?" September 2007. (Document number: EJ3010119285)
6. (HW 13b) “Deadly Stakes: The Debate Over Capital Punishment” (401) Perspectives textbook
7. From Proquest Victims Not of One Voice On Execution of McVeigh
   Sara Rimer. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Apr 25, 2001. p. A.1

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Suggested Essays

• Calculating Economics Of an Eye For an Eye; [The Arts/Cultural Desk]
  Patricia Cohen. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Jul 29, 2008. p. E.1
• Why Pundits Get Things Wrong . Sharon Begley. Newsweek  153. 08  (Feb 23, 2009) : p45 An essay that raises questions about being "sure" on a topic.
• The Death Penalty Saves LivesDoes Capital Punishment Deter Crime?, 2008 GALE Opposing ViewpointsWilliam Otis, "The Death Penalty Today: Defend It, Mend It or End It?" The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, July 21, 2006, pp. 10-12
• Deterrance Studies Are Inconsistent and Unscientific Capital Punishment, 2008 Opposing Viewpoints Jeffrey Fagan, "Deterrence and the Death Penalty: Risk, Uncertainty, and Public Policy Choices,
• Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate Adam Liptak. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Nov 18, 2007. p. 1.1
• Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished . American Civil Liberties Union. Opposing Viewpoints: Criminal Justice. Ed. Tamara L. Roleff. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004.
• Capital Punishment Should Not Be Abolished . William Tucker. Opposing Viewpoints: Criminal Justice. Ed. Tamara L. Roleff. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004.

Additional Readings

Capitol Punishment Should be Retained
"I Was Certain, but I Was Wrong"
States With No Death Penalty Share Lower Homicide Rates ( Longer article)

NEW YORK REGION   | May 16, 2006
Inmate Freed as DNA Tests Upend Murder Confession
By JIM DWYER
Douglas Arthur Warney, who has been behind bars since January 1996, left a Rochester courtroom a free man today.