Final Paper

RUNNING HEADER: WEEK 3 1

Week 3 2

Annotated Bibliography

Laurie Schaalma

GEN 499 General Education Capstone

Instructor: Leslie Ruff

October 3, 2016

Capital punishment would often times be defended on the grounds that our society has a moral obligation that would protect the safety and the welfare of the citizens. The murderers that would threaten this idea of safety and welfare of the citizens would only have a possibility of stopping by the putting of such murderers to death so that the citizens would be ensured that the convicted killers would not kill again. The others that would favor capital punishment would contend that the citizens should support these practices that would bring about the best balance of good over evil, and that capital punishment is such a practice that would bring relief to the citizens to the society that is full of fear. Capital punishment would benefit society mainly because it could deter against violent crime. While it would be a problem to find direct evidence to support the claim that capital punishment would benefit society those who do commit the murders would not commit the murders by threatening with the death penalty they may not do the crimes and avoid the punishment.

Annotated Bibliography

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