Discuss the death penalty in the U.S. Include in your answer issues of deterrence and racial disparities. What is your opinion on the use of the death penalty in the U.S.?
What will be an ideal response?
Vary but students should mention that while the death penalty was instituted as a deterrent to serious crime, research indicates that capital punishment has no deterrent effect on committing murder. In fact, states with the death penalty have murder rates significantly higher than states without the death penalty. Opponents of the death penalty point out the racial disparities in its application. The most significant studies of racial disparities point to the race of the victims as the critical factor in sentencing. Those convicted of committing a crime against a white person are more often sentenced to death. Students may also mention the differences internationally in death penalty application (104 countries have abolished; Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Pakistan, and China, whose execution rates are unknown but thought to be in the thousands). Students should base their opinion on evidence.
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