Post by thinkinkmesa on May 29, 2011 18:31:51 GMT -5
Eventually, science will kill capital punishment
For generations, capital punishment has been a moral, economic and political issue. In the not-to-distant future, science will kill the death penalty.
"There is a ton of new science coming forward in both genetics and neuroscience that describe the brain in a way that leads to a predisposition to violent behavior," Marchant said.
The goal in studying this is to find treatments for those affected, particularly if the conditions can be diagnosed when the person is young.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2011/05/29/20110529capital-punishment-montini.html#ixzz1NmsKjZ3I
For generations, capital punishment has been a moral, economic and political issue. In the not-to-distant future, science will kill the death penalty.
"There is a ton of new science coming forward in both genetics and neuroscience that describe the brain in a way that leads to a predisposition to violent behavior," Marchant said.
The goal in studying this is to find treatments for those affected, particularly if the conditions can be diagnosed when the person is young.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2011/05/29/20110529capital-punishment-montini.html#ixzz1NmsKjZ3I