1. …on Capital Punishment?
WHERE DO YOU STAND
…on Capital Punishment?

2. JOURNAL QUESTION:
What new insights have you gained from our study of Capital Punishment? Has your stance changed through the course of our study and/or through viewing Dead Man Walking? How?

3. ISSUES WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT…
RIGHT TO LIFE
JUSTICE
EFFECT ON SOCIETY
ECONOMICS
DETERRANCE
INEQUALITY
THE FUTURE

4. FOUR REASONS AGAINST IT…
It violates the respect for life and human dignity
Killing a criminal in “our” name diminishes all of us
The use of the death penalty in our country is deeply flawed & full of mistakes
We have other ways to punish criminals