The Death Penalty

Posted: January 14th, 2014

Read the article titled, The Death Penalty in the United States and Nationwide pgs.175-177. Write a two-to-three page written assignment in response to this article. A minimum of two scholarly articles, in addition to the one assigned, are required for this assignment. Resources may include your required textbook and an article from the Ashford Online article.

Address the following questions:

Does the death penalty serve as a deterrent to crime? If so, why are crime rates in the United States comparatively high? What are some other countries responses to the death penalty?
What is your position on the death penalty- should it be legal or should it be abolished? Why?
Should youths who have been convicted of violent crimes be subject to the death penalty? Why or why not?