[2014] Sarah Ebel: Death Penalty

The Death Penalty

-Lethal Injection-Electrocution-Gas Chamber-Firing Squad

Methods

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/1275http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/crimes-punishable-by-death

Thorsten Sellin

-conducted first comparitve study on capital punishment in American states-sociologist at University of Pennsylvania-used qualitative and quantitative data-used knowledge of history, economy, and social structure of the states-Conclusion: DEATH PENALTY THREAT DOES NOT LOWER HOMICIDE RATE!-many have replicated his work and drawn the same conclusion

Death Row- A prison block- Where prisoners wait for the death penatly

What is it?the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime.

Crimes Punishable by Death-Murder- Certain cases of sexual assault of minors

By: Sarah Ebel & Alli McIntosh