Take a stand in support or rejection of the death penalty using only legal research and concerns to support your position without emotional or personal attachments.

Synthesize your viewpoint on the sentencing goals of the death penalty by completing the following steps:

• Read the following article on “New Voices: Federal Judge Underscores the ‘Heavy Price’ of the Death Penalty” at: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/5936
• Complete a historical review of innocent individuals who have received the death penalty. You may use sources of your choosing, or visit the site http://www.innocenceproject.org/ and analyze innocent individuals and the death penalty.
• Take a stand in support or rejection of the death penalty using only legal research and concerns to support your position without emotional or personal attachments.
• Support your analysis by referencing and properly citing the textbook and at least one (1) scholarly source other than the course textbook.