The Death Penalty - Justice or Revenge?

This volume consists of papers and interviews which attempt to shed a strong light on the ethical problems that the death penalty presents, to put a finger on what constitutes the core problem of this punishment, and to show where humanity stands in this respect in the first quarter of the 21^st century.
Its contributors are Robert (Renny) Cushing, Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Gilbert (Gill) Garcetti, Hanne Sophie Greve, Phillip F. Iya, Sylvie Zainabo Kayitesi, Ioanna Kuçuradi (ed.), Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Joaquin José Martínez, Federico Mayor, Ibrahim Najjar, Rajiv Narayan, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, Bill Richardson, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Horacio Verbitsky and Asunta Vivo.