Assignment:
TOPIC: SHOULD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (THE DEATH PENALTY) BE ABOLISHED IN AMERICA?
1. (5) FULL PAGES.
2. MLA FORMAT, DOUBLE SPACE, (12) FONT USING TIMES NEW ROMAN.
3. ONE INCH OF MARGINGS (LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, AND BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE).
4. INTRODUCTION.
5. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Question 1: What are some of the main arguments for and against the death penalty? List five (5)arguments for the death penalty and five (5) arguments against the death penalty.
Question 2: Who was the last person executed in the State of Florida and what were the circumstances surrounding his crimes and his execution? Why do you think it took Florida more than threedecades to execute this individual for his horrible, heinous crimes?
Question 3: In your opinion, is there is a gender bias involving the Death Penalty in the United States? Why or why not.
Question 4: What was the U.S. Supreme Court case that outlawed the Death Penalty in 1972? What were the circumstances behind this Case? What Supreme Court case reinstated the Death Penalty in the United States? When did this happen?
Question 5: What are the five (5) methods used in Capital Punishment in America? What are the total number of executions by each method since 1976?
Question 6: What 25 states have currently authorized Capital Punishment, and what 25 states have abolished it?
Question 7: Since 1976, what are the four (4) states that have executed the most inmates, giving thetotal number of inmates executed by each of these 4 states.
Question 8: What are five (5) of the main reasons cited to explain why the Death Penalty is declining in America.
Question 9: Are you for or against the Death Penalty? Describe why you feel this way.