In the book Capital Punishment by Michael Kronenwetter . He talks about how capital punishment was favorable for our country. He explained the power of the death sentence and how it helped the government and the people of the United States. He explained how the capital punishment was a deterrent for people. That anyone who would think about committing a murder would think before because they would be afraid of the consequence. Being able to know who the capital punishment affected is impossible to find out. If someone avoided committing murder because of capital punishment they would not tell everyone.
The content was well organized and comprehensible. It goes through the thoughts of the citizens and even the perspective of the wrongdoers. On page 3 Kronenwetter describes the case of Westley Allan Dodd and how he insisted that he be executed because that is the only that could stop his murderous ways. He said if he was not …show more content…
He included a list of states and and the methods they use in the execution process. He also provided information on different groups and the percentage that each is sent to death row. He was also very also very apt and bold in including how race and the indigent are affected by the death sentence. On page 36 he starts to talk about fairness and how capital punishment is reserved for those members of society who are already the weakest and most disadvantaged because of their different behaviors than with any built-in bias of the justice system. Kronenwetter includes primary sources in his writing. He included sources such as graphs,bibliographies, and glossaries. He made his writing easy to understand and provides ample amount of information and explanation to support his thoughts and writing. He was able to provide information that would otherwise need further explanation and make it fairly understandable and the least bit of
The content was well organized and comprehensible. It goes through the thoughts of the citizens and even the perspective of the wrongdoers. On page 3 Kronenwetter describes the case of Westley Allan Dodd and how he insisted that he be executed because that is the only that could stop his murderous ways. He said if he was not …show more content…
He included a list of states and and the methods they use in the execution process. He also provided information on different groups and the percentage that each is sent to death row. He was also very also very apt and bold in including how race and the indigent are affected by the death sentence. On page 36 he starts to talk about fairness and how capital punishment is reserved for those members of society who are already the weakest and most disadvantaged because of their different behaviors than with any built-in bias of the justice system. Kronenwetter includes primary sources in his writing. He included sources such as graphs,bibliographies, and glossaries. He made his writing easy to understand and provides ample amount of information and explanation to support his thoughts and writing. He was able to provide information that would otherwise need further explanation and make it fairly understandable and the least bit of