It continues to advocate treatment over punishment for drug users.

Medical societies often favor counseling and "remedial education" over punishment of doctors.

But this year the battle over capital punishment has lost its ceremonial air.

This report should serve to intensify the public debate over capital punishment.

Newspaper coverage and suspicious circumstances; the sentence she received raised debate over capital punishment.

The story begins with an argument at a party over which is more moral, capital punishment or life imprisonment.

The debate over capital punishment was played out in a somewhat similar fashion on the national level.

But the case also provoked a debate over capital punishment.

National groups say a real battle over capital punishment in New York could accelerate the debate across the country.

It is seen as a powerful symbol in the national debate over capital punishment.