respond to the following:
Watch the video, The Death Penalty: Yea or Nay?, and then discuss:
Do you believe the death penalty is needed?
Do you feel the death penalty should remain or be abolished?
respond to the following:
Watch the video, The Death Penalty: Yea or Nay?, and then discuss:
Do you believe the death penalty is needed?
Do you feel the death penalty should remain or be abolished?
Discuss the safeguards recommended by the United Nations Economic and Social Council regarding the death penalty. Do you agree with these recommendations? Why or why not?
The Death Penalty is a hard area to talk about since many people have strong feelings on the issue.
For this discussion board I want you to state the arguments for the death penalty AND against the death penalty.
Then you can state your feelings on the death penalty and why.
Please draft a persuasive essay against the use of the death penalty using the attached outline.
Write an argumentative essay on why the death penalty SHOULD be illegal.
Write an argumentative essay on why the death penalty SHOULD be illegal.
Prior to presenting your discussion postings watch the The State of the Death Penalty in the United States video, read the Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Links to an external site.) article, the Death Penalty (Links to an external site.) article, The Death Knell for the Death Penalty: Judge Carney’s Order to Kill Capital Punishment Rings Loud Enough to Reach the Supreme Court (Links to an external site.) article and review the Supreme Court Opinion synopses.
Discuss the current status of the death penalty in the United States.
State whether you support or are against the death penalty and why.
For what crimes is the death penalty currently legal in the United States?
Is it legal to execute someone who was a juvenile at the time of the crime?
Analyze the arguments both for and against the death penalty, research death penalty statistics from two states
and compare them in a writing, and include discussion about the impact of capital punishment on the economy
and any recent news headlines.