David Leibowitz

In the following viewpoint, David Leibowitz asserts that capital punishment is a just penalty for murder. According to Leibowitz, claims by death penalty abolitionists that capital punishment is cruel and unfair are wrong, because the death penalty is the only appropriate response to the most violent and brutal crimes. He contends that the death penalty process could be improved by streamlining the appeals process. Leibowitz is a columnist for the Arizona Republic.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What were some of the crimes committed by Robert Wayne Vickers while on death row, as listed by Leibowitz?
2. According to the author, how does the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act help fix the death penalty?
3. In Leibowitz’s view, what is the aim of the American system of justice"

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