“There are numerous problems with the death penalty,” says Carl Villarreal in his piece titled An Eye for an Eye Doesn’t Always Apply. Villarreal is not the only one that would agree with this quote. There are many different opinions in the world about the death penalty and it is one of the most controversial issues today. Within the fourth edition of America Now, by Robert Atwan, chapter fifteen addresses the death penalty. There are also other articles that are similar to the short readings within Atwan.
In chapter fifteen one of the stories, An Eye for an Eye Doesn’t Always Apply, is also much related to an article titled In Defense of the Innocent, from Los Angeles Times. Both pi