Paper

The Positives and the Negatives of Victim Impact Statements

Conduct a search for two professional journal articles, other than the two assigned in this week’s reading, which are related to the topic of victim and execution impact statements. Write a 4-5 page paper, consisting of a review of all four journal articles and address the following:

Report on what you believe to be the purpose and reasoning behind victim and execution impact statements.
Describe why there is such controversy surrounding the use of the statements.