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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