Issue—
* Describe one point of view about this issue.
* What are the strongest arguments that support this view?
* List any facts or events that support this view.
* Describe an opposite point of view on the issue.
* What are the strongest arguments that support theopposing view?
* List any facts or events that support the opposing view.
* Which point of view do you support and why?
A FEW GOOD IDEAS 2-2
The following ideas can be used as topics forRESEARCH, DEBATE, WRITING and DISCUSSION
The practice of the death penalty violates Amendments 8 and 14 of the U.S. Constitution.
A sentence of death is inhumane.
The death sentence is
-a form of genocide
-a form of suicide.
-a lawful murder.
-a method of population control.
-an ethnic cleansing.
-a just punishment.
The practice of sentencing the poor and selected minorities to the death penalty has been argued as racially discriminatory. Is it race or social class?
The death penalty has not proved to be an effective deterrent to crime.
The death sentence is a necessary form of revenue in a capitalistic economy.