Dean Susan Poser moderated a debate, "The Death Penalty: Justice, Retribution and Dollars," on Nov. 28 at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts on campus. The debate was part of the the EN Thompson Forum on World Issues, held annually at UNL. In this debate, Nebraska Solicitor General J. Kirk Brown and University of Colorado Boulder professor Michael Radelet explored such questions as whether the death penalty is humane, fairly applied, reduces violent crime, or is cost effective. They also examined impacts on the condemned person, the legal and judicial systems, victims’ loved ones, and the taxpaying society at large. Professor Anna Shavers deliverd the pre-talk.