Death penalty.
Series: Writing the critical essay | Opposing viewpoints series Published by : Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale (Farmington Hills, MI ) Physical details: 111 p. ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. ISBN:0737732083 (lib. : alk. paper). Year: 2006| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| yan 100 - 199 | y179.7 Dea (Browse shelf) | Available | 88087 |
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| y176 Eth Ethics of cloning | y179.3 Ani Animal rights | y179.3 Fac Factory farming | y179.7 Dea Death penalty. | y179.7 Nak Thinking critically: | y181.112 Sla Confucianism | y200.973 Rel Religion in America : |
Contents:
Introduction background to controversy: Death penalty debate in America
Section one: Opposing viewpoints on the death penalty: Viewpoint one: Death penalty should be abolished / Bill Kurtis
Viewpoint two: Death penalty should be retained / Paul Rosenzweig
Viewpoint three: Death penalty prevents murder / Jeff Jacoby
Viewpoint four: Death penalty increases murder / Frederick C. Millett
Viewpoint five: Death penalty helps relatives of murder victims / Gail B. Stewart
Viewpoint six: Death penalty hurts relatives of murder victims / Pat Bane
Viewpoint seven: Death penalty is inhumane / Robert Murray
Viewpoint eight: Sparing murderers the death penalty is inhumane / Wesley Lowe
Section two: Model essays and writing exercises: Preface: Using cause and effect in the five-paragraph essay
Essay one: Capital punishment's application is arbitrary and unfair
Exercise one: Create an outline from an existing essay
Essay two: Capital punishment helps society
Exercise two: Create an outline for an opposing persuasive essay
Essay three: Governor concludes that the death penalty is unfair
Exercise three: Evaluating and writing introductory and concluding paragraphs
Exercise four: Writing a cause-and-effect five-paragraph essay
Section three: Supporting research material
Does a state's killing of a convicted murderer help prevent another citizen from committing a crime that otherwise may have been carried out?
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