Reflections on Capital Punishment

"Hostilities aren't stilled through hostility, regardless.
Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility:
This, an unending truth."

(The Buddha, Dhammapada 5)

 

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Buddhism and Nonviolence (Sulak Sivaraksa)
Non-violence: A Study Guide (Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
Buddhist Ideas for Attaining World Peace (Ron Epstein)
War and Peace: or, Non-contention with Mara (Amaro Bhikkhu)

EDITORIALS & OPINIONS:
Preparing for Death (Pasanno Bhikkhu)
The Failures of the Death Penalty (Kerry Max Cook) 1/25/03
Victory in Illinois: Emptying Death Row (Alan Maas) 2/1/03
Alone in the World: The U.S. and the Death Penalty (Kari Lydersen) 2/10/03
Book Review: Welcome to Hell: Letters & Writings From Death Row (William Menza) 5/23/03
America's Abu Ghraibs (Bob Herbert) 5/31/04
Crowded Death Row (Toronto Star) 10/10/04
Doctor, Reread Your Oath (Arthur Zitrin) 12/8/04
Death Sentences on Decline as Public's Skepticism Grows (Henry Weinstein) 12/14/04

 

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