Last updated on: 11/10/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

Tom Head Biography

Title:
Civil Liberties Guide at About.com
Position:
Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
Reasoning:

“The death penalty never brings back the victims of violent crime, but it makes all of us killers by proxy–and gives our government the ominous power to decide which citizens may live and which citizens may die.”

“All About the Death Penalty Debate,” About.com (accessed July 22, 2008)
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Civil Liberties Guide, About.com
  • Freelance writer
  • Secretary, Mississippi NOW
  • Chair, Public and Community Outreach Jackson Area NOW
  • Communications Assistant, ACLU of Mississippi
Education:
  • PhD Candidate, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Edith Cowan University, 2008 (expected)
  • MA, Humanities, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2000
  • BA, Liberal Arts, Regents College, 1996
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. What Are the Forms of Execution in the United States?