assignment 11

Running Head: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 1

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 4

Capital Punishment

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Student’s name

Capital Punishment

The topic that I am interested in is Capital Punishment. Capital punishment is the act of executing criminals of specific crimes after proper legal trials have been concluded. Only the state has powers to execute a person. Non-state organizations cannot execute a person. When they do so, it is considered murder. The crimes that warrant capital punishment are those that are very serious such as certain types of murder, treason, adultery, rape, and certain types of fraud. These are known as capital crimes.

Many countries around the world use capital punishment. The death penalty has been abolished in some countries that is why they cannot use execution. China leads when it comes to executing people. China is closely followed by Iran, the USA, and Saudi Arabia. The United States has a constitutional ban against any punishments that are cruel or unusual. Execution is considered an unusual punishment that is also cruel. The state does not have the right to kill human beings. If anything, the state has to protect its citizens. Execution is a capital punishment that comes with premeditation and ceremony that is why most people consider it inhuman.

To fully get to understand and analyze this topic, I have chosen 10 peer-reviewed articles listed below that will help in my research.

Peer-Reviewed Articles.

1. The first article that I will use in my research is an article by Sarat, titled “When the state kills: Capital punishment and the American condition.” The article was published in 2018 by Princeton University Press.

2. The second article that I will use in my research is an article by Wilson, & Rule, titled “Hypothetical sentencing decisions are associated with actual capital punishment outcomes: The role of facial trustworthiness. Social Psychological and Personality Science.” The article was published in 2016.

3. The third article that I will use in my research is an article by Donohue titled “Empirical analysis and the fate of capital punishment,” published in 2016.

4. The fourth article that I will use is an article by Kovarsky, titled “Muscle memory and the local concentration of capital punishment,” published in 2016.

5. The fifth article that I plan to use in my research is an article by Goel, & Mazhar, titled “Does capital punishment deter white‐collar crimes?” published in 2019.

6. The sixth article that I plan to use in my research is an article written by Udoudom, Idagu, & Nwoye, titled “Kantian and Utilitarian Ethics on Capital Punishment. Journal of Sustainable Society” published in 2018.

7. The seventh article that I will use in my study is an article by Seeds, titled “Disaggregating LWOP: Life without parole, capital punishment, and mass incarceration in Florida, 1972–1995. Law & Society Review” published in 2018.

8. The eighth article that I will use in my study is an article by Rubin, titled “Penal change as penal layering: A case study of proto-prison adoption and capital punishment reduction,” published in 2016.

9. The ninth article that I will use is an article by McRae, titled “Indonesian capital punishment in comparative perspective. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, land-en volkenkunde,” published in the Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 2017.

10. Lastly, I will use an article by Moreland, & Watson, titled “Women’s representation and capital punishment. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy,” published in 2016.

REFERENCES

Donohue, J. J. (2016). Empirical analysis and the fate of capital punishment. Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Poly, 11, 51.

Goel, R. K., & Mazhar, U. (2019). Does capital punishment deter white‐collar crimes?. The World Economy, 42(6), 1873-1897.

Kovarsky, L. (2016). Muscle memory and the local concentration of capital punishment. Duke LJ, 66, 259.

McRae, D. (2017). Indonesian capital punishment from a comparative perspective. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, land-en volkenkunde/Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 173(1), 1-22.

Moreland, A., & Watson, D. (2016). Women’s representation and capital punishment. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 37(4), 490-513.

Rubin, A. T. (2016). Penal change as penal layering: A case study of proto-prison adoption and capital punishment reduction, 1785–1822. Punishment & Society, 18(4), 420-441.

Sarat, A. (2018). When the state kills: Capital punishment and the American condition. Princeton University Press.

Seeds, C. (2018). Disaggregating LWOP: Life without parole, capital punishment, and mass incarceration in Florida, 1972–1995. Law & Society Review, 52(1), 172-205.

Udoudom, M. D., Idagu, U. A., & Nwoye, L. (2018). Kantian and Utilitarian Ethics on Capital Punishment. Journal of Sustainable Society, 7(1), 5-11.

Wilson, J. P., & Rule, N. O. (2016). Hypothetical sentencing decisions are associated with actual capital punishment outcomes: The role of facial trustworthiness. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(4), 331-338.