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Criminal Justice in General, Capital Punishment in Particular by Ronald A. Lindsay

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Ronald A. Lindsay surveys the broader inequities of the criminal justice system before turning to punishment, arguing that while retribution and its expressive function have a place, capital punishment is only justifiable in principle for the most extreme crimes.

Read this article and find accompanying references at:

https://secularhumanism.org/2025/11/criminal-justice-in-general-capital-punishment-in-particular/

About the Author: Ronald A. Lindsay is the former president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry, recent interim general counsel for CFI, and editor of Free Inquiry magazine.

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Free Inquiry Audio Edition is a production of The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry

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