Assignment:
By watching public executionsâ?"that can be viewed via television or Webcastâ?"people can see the consequence of what will happen if they commit a similar criminal act. What are some of the potential positives and negatives of public executions?
Provide a functional analysis of public execution by exploring this issue from the perspective of the following categories of people affected by them:
1. The offender who will face the public execution.
2. The impact on the victim's family who will watch the offender be executed.
3. The impact on the offender's family who will watch a family member be executed.
4. The effect on the public.
5. The effect on potential violent criminals who may commit the same type of crime for which the offender is being publicly executed.
6. In addition, analyze whether the purpose of justice implicit in the death sentence is served through public executions.