Abolishing Death Penalty
Write an essay (1,000-1,250 words) that presents arguments for and against the abolishment of the death penalty. In your essay, be sure to do the following:
Include statistics regarding the use of the death penalty as a deterrent. Explain how the death penalty has impacted law enforcement.
Explain if there is or is not empirically verified support for the use of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.
Use the GCU eLibrary to locate scholarly, authoritative sources to support your claims.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
Lecture Note: Module 2 Lecture
JUS 505 Lecture 2
Added On: May,08 2013
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IntroductionThe American jury system has changed significantly through the years. For a long time, women were excluded from juries, as were minorities. It was not until 1967 that the Alabama State Supreme Court ruled women could not be excluded from criminal juries. The Supreme Court was attempting to protect the "weaker sex" from the filth, obscenity, and noxious atmosphere it believed pervaded a criminal trial. Juries were (and currently still are) selected from voter-registration lists. Areas where minorities are discriminated against in terms of voter registration are obviously lacking in minority representation in juries as well. For instance, in Dallas County, Texas, the handbook for prosecution attorneys contains the following instructions: You are not looking for a fair juror, but rather a strong, biased, and sometimes hypocritical individual who believes the Defendants are different from them in kind, rather than degree. (Waller, 2009, p.
Include statistics regarding the use of the death penalty as a deterrent. Explain how the death penalty has impacted law enforcement.
Explain if there is or is not empirically verified support for the use of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.
Use the GCU eLibrary to locate scholarly, authoritative sources to support your claims.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
Lecture Note: Module 2 Lecture
JUS 505 Lecture 2
Added On: May,08 2013
Added On:
IntroductionThe American jury system has changed significantly through the years. For a long time, women were excluded from juries, as were minorities. It was not until 1967 that the Alabama State Supreme Court ruled women could not be excluded from criminal juries. The Supreme Court was attempting to protect the "weaker sex" from the filth, obscenity, and noxious atmosphere it believed pervaded a criminal trial. Juries were (and currently still are) selected from voter-registration lists. Areas where minorities are discriminated against in terms of voter registration are obviously lacking in minority representation in juries as well. For instance, in Dallas County, Texas, the handbook for prosecution attorneys contains the following instructions: You are not looking for a fair juror, but rather a strong, biased, and sometimes hypocritical individual who believes the Defendants are different from them in kind, rather than degree. (Waller, 2009, p.
References: Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522 (1975).Waller, Bruce T. (2009).You Decide! Current Debates in Criminal Justice. Boston: Pearson.