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The Heart Has its Value: The Death Penalty's Justifiable PersistenceDouglas A. BermanOhio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law Stephanos BibasUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas, "The Heart Has Its Value: The Death Penalty's Justifiable Persistence," in Robinson, Ferzan & Garvey, eds., Criminal Law Conversations, 2009 U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-35 Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 114 Abstract: This short comment responds to Susan Bandes' assertion that putting emotions "at the center of the debate about [capital punishment's] fate" will lead the death penalty to "die a well-deserved death." On the contrary, reengaging with emotion will reinvigorate capital punishment. Capital emotions are more nuanced than Bandes suggests in distinguishing which killers are so evil that they deserve the ultimate penalty. She prefers the warm-and-fuzzy emotion of empathy, but offers little justification for squelching the visceral capital emotions. Perhaps Vulcan criminal justice would not need to vent outrage at the worst killers, but human criminal justice must and inevitably will.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 4 Keywords: criminal justice, criminal procedure, capital punishment, death penalty, emotion, capital emotions Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: August 7, 2008 ; Last revised: April 10, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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