What is your response to the argument that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed on minorities and the poor? Consider the following:
· What was the finding of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of McCleskey v. Kemp, and how has this case changed the approach used by defense attorneys in capital cases?
· Finally, state your opinion on the Supreme Courts' holdings in McCleskey v. Kemp.
Name at least three unintended consequences of an ever-increasing prison population? Give concrete examples of each. Discuss the political and social affects of these consequences. Are they acceptable? Explain your reasoning.
Identify and describe at least three ways the criminal justice system operates to allow for an overrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos/as in the prisons. Be sure and give one example involving the police, one involving the courts, and one involving corrections.
African Americans and Latinos/as are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Discuss the social and political consequences of this fact
The method by which someone is executed in the United States has changed over time. Identify at least 3 methods and place them in temporal order. Why does the method change? Why does the method matter? Does changing the method address any of the arguments that surround capital punishment?