ContentsForeword, by Michael L. RadeletPreface1. Committee Proposal 20 of the Legislative Powers Committee of the Michigan Constitutional Convention, Dated January 11, 1962 [authored by Mr. Wanger, it was adopted by the Convention with only three dissenting votes]2. Reasons in Support of Committee Proposal 20, Submitted by the Committee on Legislative Powers to the Convention on January 11, 1962 [authored by Mr. Wanger]3. Verbatim Debate of the Michigan Constitutional Convention on Committee Proposal 20, on January 16 and April 30, 1962, from its Official Record, 595–598, 29684. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, March 15, 19735. Does the Parole Risk of Convicted Murderers Justify Reviving the Death Penalty in Michigan? (Leaflet), March, 19746. Death—Ultimate Penalty—Proves Itself the Ultimate Injustice for All (Leaflet), April 30, 19747. Michigan Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Hearing Testimony, February 10, 19758. Death Ban Defended—Michigan Committee against Capital Punishment Press Release, April 7, 19759. Michigan Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Hearing Testimony, April 7, 197510. Why We Should Reject Capital Punishment (Pamphlet), 1978 [originally published by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan]11. Why Michigan Republicans Should Oppose the Death Penalty (Brochure), August, 1980 [for the Republican State Convention]12. Capital Punishment and Law Enforcement, September 26, 1975 [included in Brochure #11]13. Eye for Eye No Aid, by Michigan Lt. Governor James Brickley, 1974 [included in Brochure #11]14. Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan Speech, September 23, 1982 [it subsequently voted to oppose repeal of the State’s constitutional death penalty ban by a margin of more than 2 to 1]15. Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment History (Leaflet), October, 199116. The Death Penalty—What it Does to the Living, by William Kime and Eugene G. Wanger (Brochure), April, 199317. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, September 8, 199418. What Prosecutors Won’t Tell You, by Robert M. Morgenthau (Leaflet), February, 1995 (America’s most distinguished prosecutor) [Abstract]19. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, July 13, 199520. Legislative Committee Hearing Written Testimony, October 7, 1997, with covering letter21. Will Innocent Persons Be Executed?—Another Perspective, by Michael Radelet (Leaflet), November, 199822. Michigan’s Historic Ban of Capital Punishment (Leaflet), December, 199823. The Co$t of Capital Puni$hment (Leaflet), December, 199824. Documentation for “The Co$t of Capital Puni$hment” (Leaflet), December, 199825. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, March 23, 199926. Would the Death Penalty for “Cop Killers” Help the Police?, May, 199927. Documentation for “Would the Death Penalty for ‘Cop Killers’ Help the Police?,” Leaflet, May, 199928. Michiganians Speak Out on the Death Penalty, excerpted from an Article in the New York Times by R. Bonner & F. Fessenden (Leaflet), September, 2000 [Abstract]29. How States Stack Up on Death, an Article in the New York Times by F. Fessenden (Leaflet), September, 2000 [Abstract]30. Michigan & Capital Punishment, an Article from the Michigan Bar Journal (Brochure), September, 200231. Capital Punishment in Ohio: A Brief History, an Article in the Ohio Lawyer (Brochure), November/December, 200232. Will Innocent Persons Be Executed If the Death Penalty Is Revived in Michigan? (Leaflet), February, 200433. Documentation for “Will Innocent Persons be Executed if the Death Penalty Is Revived in Michigan” Leaflet, February, 200434. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, March 9, 200435. Legislative Committee Hearing Testimony, March 16, 200436. A Christian Pastor’s View of the Death Penalty, by L.M. Hall (Leaflet), March 16, 200437. New York Legislative Committee Hearing Written Testimony, January 21, 200538. A Basic Overview of the Arguments against the Death Penalty (Brochure), 200939. Data on the USA’s Nineteen Abolition States, March 7, 2015Appendix. Reasons for Reviving Capital Punishment in Michigan and Why They Are Wrong, 1989
