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Deepening Your Death Penalty Brainstorm

 

Answer these questions with your group:

 

1)    Under what circumstances, if any, do you think the death penalty is an appropriate punishment?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)    Do you think having the death penalty prevents people from committing crimes they would commit if there were no death penalty?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)    How does the death penalty benefit society?

 

 

 

 

 

 

4)    How does the death penalty hurt society?

 

 

 

 

 

 

5)    If someone committed a crime against you that was punishable by death, would you want to seek the death penalty?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under what circumstances, if any, do you think the death penalty is an appropriate punishment?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you think having the death penalty prevents people from committing crimes they would commit if there were no death penalty?

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does the death penalty benefit society?

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does the death penalty hurt society?

 

 

 

 

 

 

If someone committed a crime against you that was punishable by death, would you want to seek the death penalty?