Despite the fact of there being a general assumption that, practically, all convicts who are executed in America are poor, the link between the social class of an individual and their case decision has not been fairly proven throughout the judicial system. There is a broad amount of research that analyzes the connection of race and gender to the execution process, but not much on social class. With the assistance of secondary data on executions approved in Texas between the times of 2000 and 2012, people sentenced to death from the Supreme Court’s Gregg decision in Tennessee, and narrative case studies, this study will provide detailed citations of the social class of those who were put on death row, as well as a hypothetical explanation of
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This method of punishment, has been around for centuries, in fact; execution has been around since the 1600s. Even though, this is a longstanding act, it is a significant area of criminal punishment that has, potentially, been a main impact on individuals’ feelings toward societal issues within the judicial system. Research such as is important in impacting awareness of global issues. However, environmental concerns are still largely underrepresented in most contemporary literature. To determine if social class of an offender causes bias decisions to be made upon receiving the death Penalty.
I will be conducting research on the effectiveness of literature to spur social awareness and movements, with a focus on If literature can be proven to have played a strong role in driving social awareness of this issue in the past, it could potentially prove that literature would be similarly effective in driving up awareness of environmental concerns. I believe that the combination of past precedent along with my findings from the survey I have conducted, along with material from Gray’s Yellow Sands, may help to prove that environmental topics in literature must be addressed. Yet, there is still a large gap in the literary canon when it comes to …show more content…
It has been argued, for a long time, that capital punishment is ran in an impulsive and illogical manner. However, the demographic profile of the population of death row rather than random. Looking into death row demographics, it is not common to find women and rarer still to find middle or upper-class individuals who have been convicted of capital murder and are awaiting execution. Those on death row are disproportionately male and members of an ethnic minority group. Virtually all have a relatively low social class standing and lack many of the socioeconomic characteristics that are valued within capitalist society (Akhtar, 2010; Bowers & Pierce, 1996). Far more variation is apparent in death row composition by both race and gender than by class. As of January 1, 2013, 63 females were on death row awaiting execution, or 2.02% of the total death row population, and 1,351 whites, or 43.17% of the total death row population (Reiman & Leighton, 2013). Other than being a variable in the study of death row demographics, social class is basically a constant; practically every individual sentenced to death falls within
This method of punishment, has been around for centuries, in fact; execution has been around since the 1600s. Even though, this is a longstanding act, it is a significant area of criminal punishment that has, potentially, been a main impact on individuals’ feelings toward societal issues within the judicial system. Research such as is important in impacting awareness of global issues. However, environmental concerns are still largely underrepresented in most contemporary literature. To determine if social class of an offender causes bias decisions to be made upon receiving the death Penalty.
I will be conducting research on the effectiveness of literature to spur social awareness and movements, with a focus on If literature can be proven to have played a strong role in driving social awareness of this issue in the past, it could potentially prove that literature would be similarly effective in driving up awareness of environmental concerns. I believe that the combination of past precedent along with my findings from the survey I have conducted, along with material from Gray’s Yellow Sands, may help to prove that environmental topics in literature must be addressed. Yet, there is still a large gap in the literary canon when it comes to …show more content…
It has been argued, for a long time, that capital punishment is ran in an impulsive and illogical manner. However, the demographic profile of the population of death row rather than random. Looking into death row demographics, it is not common to find women and rarer still to find middle or upper-class individuals who have been convicted of capital murder and are awaiting execution. Those on death row are disproportionately male and members of an ethnic minority group. Virtually all have a relatively low social class standing and lack many of the socioeconomic characteristics that are valued within capitalist society (Akhtar, 2010; Bowers & Pierce, 1996). Far more variation is apparent in death row composition by both race and gender than by class. As of January 1, 2013, 63 females were on death row awaiting execution, or 2.02% of the total death row population, and 1,351 whites, or 43.17% of the total death row population (Reiman & Leighton, 2013). Other than being a variable in the study of death row demographics, social class is basically a constant; practically every individual sentenced to death falls within