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Tyler Trumbach

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The death penalty inspires strong opinions in many Americans, and Columbia students are no exception. Cooper Vaughan suggests a wildly different method to the madness, Gabriella Porrino articulates why her anti-death penalty argument demands rationality, Tyler Trumbach puts the penalty in perspective, and Karman Lucero explains why he believes the death penalty is a symptom of a diseased justice system.

The death penalty inspires strong opinions in many Americans, and Columbia students are no exception. Cooper Vaughan suggests a wildly different method to the madness, Gabriella Porrino articulates why her anti-death penalty argument demands rationality, Tyler Trumbach puts the penalty in perspective, and Karman Lucero explains why he believes the death penalty is a symptom of a diseased justice system.

The misconceptions of capital punishment

It seems funny to me that those against the death penalty will ardently fight for the human rights of a murderer while ignoring the rights of a victim.

It seems funny to me that those against the death penalty will ardently fight for the human rights of a murderer while ignoring the rights of a victim.