Lethal Injection
Essays

In 1994, the Oregon legislature passed Measure 16 of the state's pre-existent Death With Dignity Act. Designed to protect and ensure the medical rights of the terminally ill, the measure was approved by a very slim…

Capital punishment raises many ethical issues. In principle, it is the ultimate application of Kantian ethics in so far as they justify rules that benefit society as a whole at the expense of the individual.

Civil Liberties & Issues of National / Legal Interest

There are few crimes in which the statute of limitations will never expire. Among these limited crimes is murder, an offense considered so monstrous that penalties for committing murder range from life imprisonment to…

The death penalty is authorized by thirty-eight states, the Federal Government, and the U.S. Military. Those jurisdictions without the Death Penalty include twelve states (Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts,…

Morality of death penalty has raised a lot of controversy in time, due to the concern of different thinkers for the permissibility and justification of the execution of criminals. Two eminent thinkers who put forth…

David Gil's writings have helped the public understand the true scope of the new Oregon Assisted Suicide law, and as a result, the percentage of Americans who say that doctors should be allowed to help with suicide when…

Historically, much of the debate over capital punishment has focused on the core moral issue of whether it is right to take a life as a punishment for murder. This moral debate is important and necessary, but because a…

The paper discusses the case of Baseline Killer in Phoenix, Arizona and the classification of his crimes. The paper then addresses two questions. One deals with the modus operandi and signature aspect of violent crimes. The other deals with the case of Gary John Wayne, a serial killer who murdered thirty three young males in 1970s in Chicago.

This essay examines Timothy McVeigh's connection to the militia movement, and how the government action in Waco, Texas inspired his decision to bomb the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Although McVeigh was not associated with any particular militia group, he was deeply immersed in their ideology and literature. Based on the evidence from the case of Timothy McVeigh, the classification of militia groups as terrorist or potential terrorist organizations is justified.