Death Penalty  An overview of the issue assigned

The Views of the Candidates  #1--The death penalty does not deter. Moratorium on executions. Some executed by death penalty were innocent. Death penalty does not deter and is discriminatory.  #2--Use DNA techniques to make death penalty more fair. Supports death penalty; no moratorium for new DNA techniques. Death penalty for murdering federal officers.

Views of the Candidates  #3--Prompt death penalty would stop mass murderers.  #4__Uphold law on death penalty; and thing of the victims. Board of Pardons’ decision on Graham execution is just. 134 Texas executions are “fair and just.” Use DNA evidence for death penalty cases. Death penalty clemency for bad process, not for repentance.

How This Issue Effects Us  If the death penalty wasn’t enforced there would be more murderers on the streets.  If the death penalty was enforced there would be less murderers on the streets.

Polling Students Death Penalty Place an “X” in the space next to the views YOU agree with most. ____ 1. The death penalty does not deter. Moratorium on executions. Some executed by death penalty were innocent. Death penalty does not deter and is discriminatory. ____ 2. Use DNA techniques to make death penalty more fair. Supports death penalty; no moratorium for new DNA techniques. Death penalty for murdering federal officers. _____ 3. Prompt death penalty would stop mass murderers. _____ 4. Uphold law on death penalty; and thing of the victims. Board of Pardons’ decision on Graham execution is just. 134 Texas executions are “fair and just.” Use DNA evidence for death penalty cases. Death penalty clemency for bad process, not for repentance.