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PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its Spring 2011 UIL Lincoln-Douglas Debate resources on the death penalty in Texas!  The resolution, released by the UIL is:

Resolved: Capital punishment in Texas is unjust.

The index for our resources appears below the fold.

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AFFIRMATIVE

• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS UNFAIRLY APPLIED
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UNJUSTLY IMPACTS MINORITIES
• TEXAS UNJUSTLY EXECUTES MINORITIES
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UNJUSTLY IMPACTS THE POOR
• TEXAS UNJUSTLY EXECUTES THE POOR
• TEXAS UNJUSTLY EXECUTES MEN MORE OFTEN
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UNJUSTLY APPLIED TO MENTALLY ILL
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT RISKS EXECUTION OF INNOCENT
• TEXAS EXECUTES THE INNOCENT
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT INSTILLS A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MORALITY
• RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS REAL JUSTICE
• LIFE IN PRISON IS JUST
• LEGAL RETRIBUTION IS NOT JUST
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT DETER CRIME
• IT CANNOT BE JUST TO APPLY CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR HORRIFIC CRIMES
• PUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
• A/T: UTILITARIAN JUSTIFICATION FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

NEGATIVE

• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT PREVENTS RECIDIVISM
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DETERS CRIME
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DETERS IN TEXAS
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT REQUIRED FOR JUSTICE OF VICTIMS
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT UNJUSTLY IMPACT MINORITIES
• TEXAS DOES NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY EXECUTE MINORITIES
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT LEAD TO EXECUTION OF INNOCENTS
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT VIOLATE CONSTITUTION
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT COME FROM INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL
• INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL IN TEXAS
• PUBLIC SUPPORT JUSTIFIES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT APPLIES JUST PUNISHMENT
• RISK OF INNOCENT EXECUTION DOES NOT MAKE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UNJUST
• LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IS INSUFFICIENT
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT HURT VALUE OF LIFE