One of our main essays in term was was a persuasive argument around the idea of capital punishment. I just came across a new study about the death penalty in the US and thought I would pass it along. From The Christian Science Monitor:
The American justice system sent 114 convicted murderers to death row in 2010, continuing a decade-long trend that has seen the number of death sentences reduced from more than twice that level in the 1980s and 1990s, according to a year-end report released Tuesday by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC).
At the same time, the number of executions carried out in 2010 – 46 – is down from the all-time high of 98 executions in 1999.
The statistics demonstrate waning public support for capital punishment in the US, say DPIC officials
“Whether it’s concerns about the high costs of the death penalty at a time when budgets are being slashed, the risks of executing the innocent, unfairness, or other reasons, the nation continued to move away from the death penalty in 2010,” said Richard Dieter, DPIC’s executive director, who wrote the report.
Not all capital punishment experts agree with this assessment.
2 comments:
how do you do the heading and biblography for the persuasive essay
Name
Thesis
3 Premises (reasons)
Title
Bibliography is the same as the research paper. Use your packet.
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