Discuss the issue of death penalty explaining the historical attempts to resolve and discuss how the issue is handled in the criminal justice today.

Submit a 250-word abstract on your topic for your Final Paper. It should be from a historical perspective and related to a contemporary criminal justice issue. In the abstract explain the issue, explain the historical attempts to resolve or address the issue, and discuss briefly the how the issue is handled in the criminal justice system today. Include the components necessary for an abstract.
The Final Project for this course is a 10-15 page paper addressing an issue in criminal justice with both historical and contemporary importance. The Final Paper is due in Week 10, but you should review its requirements now because you will complete different components of the project in Weeks 2, 3, 6, and 7. For this Project, you will identify an existing criminal justice issue and consider how this issue has been addressed historically by the criminal justice and legal systems and how contemporary policies attempt to address the issue today.
Your Final Paper will consist of writing about the historical significance of the issue in criminal justice. Next, you will write about the contemporary attempts to resolve or address the issue and the policy implications the issue has had on the criminal and legal systems. Your paper should consist of the following:
1.Historical information on the issue
2.Contemporary attempts to address or resolve the issue
3.Policy or legal implications