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Death Penalty from 3 perspectives

  P erspective 1. murder victim's family who is against death penalty HI, I am the mother of Julie Heath. The last time anyone saw our daughter, Julie Heath alive was Oct. 3, 1993. She was 18-year-old and set out to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A week later, a hunter discovered Heath’s body, less than eight miles from where her broken-down car was found. She wore a black shirt, socks and underwear, but they were inside-out. Her black jeans were partially unzipped. Her throat was slashed. Police later arrested Eric Randall Nance for Heath’s murder. Investigators said he picked her up near her vehicle, before DNA evidence proved he raped and killed her. In 1994, he was handed the death penalty.  But even when executions take place, the pain of surviving family like us doesn’t disappear with the perpetrator’s pulse. Death penalty advocates and politicians, including Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, argue that when the state executes a person who has com...

Death Penalty - 1st blog, 30 questions

  Here I listed up various questions to make you understand the topic and its issue better! 1. Have you ever deeply studied this topic in the past? 2. Do you agree/disagree to death penalty? 3.  (2) Why? 4. What are some opinions of those who support this system? 5. What are some opinions of those who are against this system? 6. Does your country have the system? 7. Is your country democratic? 8. What kind of method does your country use for the punishment? 9. Do you know the very beginning of capital punishment in the history? 10. What kind of methods did they use to execute in the ancient times? 11. Do you think such a punishment is humane or inhumane?  12. (11)Why? 13. What do you think is the opinion of the government who supports the punishment? 14. What do you think is the opinion of the government who does not support the punishment? 15. Do you think the death sentenced criminal gets to know the execution date? 16. Do the sentenced criminals get any special treatme...