Rasmussen College Criminal Justice Questions
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- WRITE AN ESSAY FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ( 900 WORDS
- Do you agree or disagree that the type of discrimination found in the capital sentencing process is an example systematic discrimination? Why or why not?
- In 1994 Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun stated that it was futile to continue to tinker with the machinery of death. Although those who advocate abolishing the death penalty agree with this assessment, advocates of reform contend that the death penalty can be fixed. Summarize their arguments.
- As always, our goal is to rely on scholarly research rather than personal opinion. Does this requirement provide a major disadvantage to the pro side of the death penalty debate?
- Do you agree or disagree with the so-called Marshall Hypothesisthat is, that the average citizen who knew all the facts presently available regarding capital punishment would … find it shocking to his conscience and sense of justice?
- Has your opinion on the death penalty changed as you learn more? In what ways?
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