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Recent research seems to back up death penalty advocates who have long argued it has a considerable deterrent effect on violent crime. We'll talk about these findings and the ongoing national debate over capital punishment.
Virginia Sloan, president, Constitution Project
Stuart Taylor, senior writer with National Journal magazine, contributing editor at Newsweek, and coauthor with KC Johnson of "Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case" (Thomas Dunne Books)
Dudley Sharp, death penalty advocate, Justice Matters
A journalist born in Colombia returns to the war-torn country to try and understand and explain her nation's violent past and present.
Silvana Paternostro, a Colombian-born journalist, author of "In the Land of God and Man," and a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute.