Gang violence presents one of the most significant crime problems in the United States. It is however hardly a recent problem. Indeed, according to Johnson & Muhlhausen (2005), the phenomenon has been a part of American urban life since as early as the American Revolution. Gang violence can rang...

Many people want to abandon capital punishment and focus on rehabilitating hardened criminals. What happens when a supposedly rehabilitated criminal leaves jail and kills one more person? Capital punishment is an effective and necessary part of the judicial system to punish those who have committe...