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Introduction

Although states consider capital punishment as legal punishment to alleviate first-degree murder, there is no enough evidence to guarantee to take of life.

· Define capital punishment and draw historical connection (CRF, 2012)

· Various states are abolishing capital punishment.

Body – Analysis of death penalty

States that support capital punishment- 28 states in the united states according to State by State (2017).

States against capital punishment and reasons they abolished capital punishment

Statistics on capital punishment – considering both men and women (Maranze, 2011)

Determinants of the death penalty or entering death row – the type of crime committed mental status.

How punishment is administered across different states

· Use of lethal gas, shooting, lethal injection, electrocution

History of the death penalty

Consider how the death penalty evolved since 1845 in America (Meranze, 2011).

Consider how capital punishment entered the criminal justice system (Stetler, 2020).

Capital punishment in the contemporary criminal justice system

How capital punishment is considered in contemporary society and the criminal justice system (Undefined, 2017).

Reasons against capital punishment

Amnesty.org (n.d) gives reasons why capital punishment needs abolishment.

Understand the death penalty from prisoners' perspective on death row and examine how it affects their behavior.

Views of family members about capital punishment. Family members face significant challenges when their loved ones enter death row (Schweizer & Beck, 2020).

Conclusion

Summarize primary concern and offer recommendation on capital punishment