Tried as an adult for the death of a 6-year-old girl, Lionel Tate, 13, was convicted of first-degree murder and became the youngest person in Florida history to receive a life sentence. Read more...

Jones is a second-year political science student. By Andrew Jones It is no triumph that death sentences are routinely carried out, or even that such a device is necessary within our society. Read more...

Katz is a first-year history student. By Erin N. Katz In this imperfect world it is hard to believe that people still cling to an institution like capital punishment, a system that has proven time and again to be faulty and racist. Read more...

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  Shirin Vossoughi Vossoughi is a third-year history and American literature and culture student. Speak your mind and e-mail her at [email protected]. Having just returned from a semester abroad in Cuba, I thought to myself ““ if people could only see the destruction and poverty caused by U.S. Read more...

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  Chris Diaz Diaz is a second-year political science and Asian American studies student with an English minor. E-mail him at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Chris Diaz Just last week 13-year-old Lionel Tate was convicted for the brutal beating of a 6-year-old girl named Tiffany Eunick. Read more...