This chapter discusses different aspects of legal punishment including the nature of deterrence versus retribution, issues of responsibility and the insanity defense, prison statistics and racial disparities, and debates around the death penalty. It examines legal issues, cases of exoneration, concerns of racial bias in application of the death penalty, costs compared to life imprisonment, arguments around deterrence, retributive justifications, considerations of mercy and restorative justice, and methods of execution.
This chapter discusses different aspects of legal punishment including the nature of deterrence versus retribution, issues of responsibility and the insanity defense, prison statistics and racial disparities, and debates around the death penalty. It examines legal issues, cases of exoneration, concerns of racial bias in application of the death penalty, costs compared to life imprisonment, arguments around deterrence, retributive justifications, considerations of mercy and restorative justice, and methods of execution.
This chapter discusses different aspects of legal punishment including the nature of deterrence versus retribution, issues of responsibility and the insanity defense, prison statistics and racial disparities, and debates around the death penalty. It examines legal issues, cases of exoneration, concerns of racial bias in application of the death penalty, costs compared to life imprisonment, arguments around deterrence, retributive justifications, considerations of mercy and restorative justice, and methods of execution.
This chapter discusses different aspects of legal punishment including the nature of deterrence versus retribution, issues of responsibility and the insanity defense, prison statistics and racial disparities, and debates around the death penalty. It examines legal issues, cases of exoneration, concerns of racial bias in application of the death penalty, costs compared to life imprisonment, arguments around deterrence, retributive justifications, considerations of mercy and restorative justice, and methods of execution.
The Nature of Legal Punishment Legal punishment: must follow legal rules Deterrence vs. retribution The retributivist argument: ◦ Egalitarian vs. proportional equivalency ◦ Problematic aspects Punishment and Responsibility Question of responsibility for a crime Insanity defense Free will Prisons Statistics Race Restoration and rehabilitation ◦ Restorative justice The Death Penalty Legal issues Exonerations Racial bias and fairness Costs Deterrence considerations On retributivist grounds Mercy and restorative justice Humane executions