Identify four of the reasons given in your textbook for why the death penalty in the United States is a waning institution.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers can include any of the following:
The death penalty today is a criminal sanction that is used more than occasionally in only a few non-Western countries and a few states in the American South.
Public support for the death penalty appears to be dropping.
The American public is expressing greater concern about the way the death penalty is being administered.
Another factor is the positions taken by respected organizations within the United States, such as the American Bar Association (ABA) and organized religions.
Another factor is world opinion. All of the United States' major allies except Japan have abolished the death penalty.
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