“The Death Penalty”
Paper is due:
Tuesday October 7
, 2014
Worth 100 points
(5 bonus point
s for
submitting paper
on
or before Thu
rsday October 2
)
Using
scholarly academic sources
(NOT WIKIPEDIA
) write a 1 page summary for
EACH
of the
cases listed below. Then, choose five (5) issues related to the death penalty debate and
summarize the debate over each in a
minimum of 1 page
for EACH issue
.
Your total pape
r
should be a
MINIMUM (which means a “C” grade)
of
8 pages
total; 3
pages for summarizing
the cases and 5 pages discussing the various issues surrounding the death penalty debate.
Please analyze the following
United States
Supreme
Court decisions:
Furman
v. Georgia (1972)
–
Landmark Supreme Court ruling which effectively put a moratorium
on the death penalty in the U.S. until consistent standards were used across the 50 states.
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
–
A crucial ruling which upheld the use of the death
penalty.
Your analysis of each of the above cases should include the following:
1)
Background
of the case to include how the case reached the Supreme Court, legal issues
involved in the case, & facts of the case.
2)
An assessment of the court’s
majority opini
on
(the voting block of justices responsible
for joining in the majority. You should list the final vote (i.e. 7
–
2, 6
–
3, etc.) & who wrote
the majority opinion for the court. Additionally, please summarize that majority opinion
including any concurring opi
nions. What were the legal issues & rationale used by the
court to support their position?
3)
Outline the court’s
minority opinion
(that is, those justices who were in the minority
voting block. As with the majority, indicate who wrote the dissenting opinion
, who
joined in and, if any, other dissenting opinions.
4)
Your own opinion
with regard to the outcome of the case with special attention to how
you would have voted and why.
5)
Conclusion
–
to include any implications for public policy
formulation & how, if at
all,
this shaped or changed the law in the given area.
Your pa
per will need to have at least 10
citations of websites you used for your research
. Please
use
MLA
citation and use
INTERNAL
citations.
NO CREDIT
will be given for papers without
internal cita
tion.
It is your responsibility to summarize, not “lift” portions o
f your r
esearch.
Please include a works cited page at the end of your paper.
(Bibliography)
Consider the following issues:
(Choose 5 and write a minimum of 1 page summary/analysis for
each
).
1.
Racial discrimination and the death penalty.
2.
The mentally impaired and the death penalty.
3.
The death penalty and juveniles.
4.
Juries, jurors, and the death penalty.
5.
The right to effective assistance (legal defense) and the death penalty.
6.
Aggravating and m
itigating factors and the death penalty.
7.
Deterrence and the death penalty.
8.
The appeals process and the death penalty.
9.
Evolving standards of decency and the death penalty.
10.
Due process and the death penalty.
11.
Issues related to lethal injection & current debat
e.
Your paper should have 1” margins and use a “12” font,
double
–
spaced. Papers which
do not
adhere to these guidelines will be marked down
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