Last updated on:
3/13/2013 |
Author: ProCon.org
John Lamperti, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dartmouth College
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
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“If executions protected innocent lives… that would weigh in the balance against capital punishment’s heavy social costs. But despite years of trying, this benefit has not been proven to exist; the only certain effects of capital punishment are its liabilities… The death penalty serves no social purpose, and its abolition would be a practical and a moral step forward.”
“Does Capital Punishment Deter Murder? A Brief Look at the Evidence,” math.dartmouth.edu, Mar. 2010
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor of Mathematics, Dartmouth College, 1963-present (emeritus since 1998)
- Research Associate, Rockefeller University, 1962-1963
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University, 1959-1962
- Instructor, Mathematics, Stanford University, 1957-1959
- Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1956-1957
- Education:
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- PhD, Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, 1957
- BS, Mathematics and Physics, Haverford College, 1953
- Other:
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- Delivered testimony on the deterrent effect of the death penalty in Vermont and New Hampshire in 2010.
- Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 1970
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