Assignment task: Utilizing class lecture, class discussion and readings discuss in detail the death penalty controversy in America. Address the issue of how the American public perceived capital punishment. Van den Haag wants to separate out the question of the constitutionality of the death penalty from questions of its distribution or administration. What case can be made against this? Is such a separation possible? Defend the death penalty against the following objections: (1) The death penalty is discriminatory: (2) Sometimes innocent people are killed; and (3) It is no more effective as a deterrent than life in prison. Which objection to capital punishment is the strongest? Which is the weakest? Explain. Whether you are for or against the death penalty, what, if anything, would make you change your view on capital punishment?