HLPR Blog Roundup: Crime and Punishment

Over the last few weeks news and opinions about the death penalty have vacillated between demonstrations of support and condemnation.  Just last week several state legislatures introduced bills (here and here) that could make it more difficult for inmates to challenge their death row sentences.

At the same time, our HLPR bloggers have been discussing the evidence in favor of abolishing the death penalty.

• Smita Ghosh explained how the international community was indirectly hurting America’s death penalty efforts by limiting the drugs it needs to carry out executions.
• In her piece, Jessica Jackson put it bluntly: the death penalty is, and should be, in decline.
• Marshall Thompson described the injustice a former death row inmate faced, even after being exonerated.

Check out these views and more at the HLPR blog.