Capital Punishment for Infanticide – Are We Going in the Right Direction?
Though news of infanticide has been highlighted by the media recently, infanticide is definitely not a new phenomenon. It has been documented among the people of Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. The Vikings, Irish Celts, Gauls, and Phoenicians are no exceptions. Resnick (1970) conducted a literature review of documented infanticide, dating from 1751 to 1968, from…