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Justice, the Law, and Capital Punishment

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.11.1359

Carrying out the death penalty represents a sorry exercise on the part of society; we make little progress by convicting and executing poorly represented, neglected persons. Individual security would be improved and the crime rate reduced by a more modern approach to correction and rehabilitation.

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