Death penalty.  an opposing viewpoints guide  
 The death penalty. 

 - Farmington Hills, MI   Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale  c2006. 
 - 111 p.   ill. (chiefly col.) ;  24 cm. 
 - Writing the critical essay Opposing viewpoints series . <br/><br/> Contents:<br/>Introduction background to controversy: Death penalty debate in America<br/>Section one: Opposing viewpoints on the death penalty: Viewpoint one: Death penalty should be abolished / Bill Kurtis<br/>Viewpoint two: Death penalty should be retained / Paul Rosenzweig<br/>Viewpoint three: Death penalty prevents murder / Jeff Jacoby<br/>Viewpoint four: Death penalty increases murder / Frederick C. Millett<br/>Viewpoint five: Death penalty helps relatives of murder victims / Gail B. Stewart<br/>Viewpoint six: Death penalty hurts relatives of murder victims / Pat Bane<br/>Viewpoint seven: Death penalty is inhumane / Robert Murray<br/>Viewpoint eight: Sparing murderers the death penalty is inhumane / Wesley Lowe<br/>Section two: Model essays and writing exercises: Preface: Using cause and effect in the five-paragraph essay<br/>Essay one: Capital punishment's application is arbitrary and unfair<br/>Exercise one: Create an outline from an existing essay<br/>Essay two: Capital punishment helps society<br/>Exercise two: Create an outline for an opposing persuasive essay<br/>Essay three: Governor concludes that the death penalty is unfair<br/>Exercise three: Evaluating and writing introductory and concluding paragraphs<br/>Exercise four: Writing a cause-and-effect five-paragraph essay<br/>Section three: Supporting research material 
<br/><br/> Does a state's killing of a convicted murderer help prevent another citizen from committing a crime that otherwise may have been carried out? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0737732083 (lib. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005045993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment--United States.<br/>Essay--Authorship
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>y179.7 Dea   50