Courtroom contortions: how America's application of the death penalty erodes the principle of equal justice under law.(Injustice)

ONE COST THIS COUNTRY PAYS FOR THE DEATH penalty is that its courts are constantly compelled to corrupt the law in order to uphold death sentences. That corruption soils the character of the United States as a nation dedicated to equal justice under law.

This is not the only price we pay for being one of the very few democracies in the world that retains capital punishment in the 21st century. But it is a significant item on the cost side of the cost-benefit ledger, something that each thinking person ought to balance in deciding whether he or she supports capital punishment. ...

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