Recent lethal injections that have gone wrong are in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

  • Sixth writing assignment due Friday, March 18th by 5 PM
The purpose of this assignment is to develop and sharpen your critical thinking and writing skills.  A major objective for writing a reaction paperis to teach students how to clearly express and support personal opinions—an activity essential to all social sciences.
Your assignment is to react to this controversial statement: 
Recent lethal injections that have gone wrong are  in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.**If you haven’t read about some recent lethal injections that went wrong, please read this article: http://time.com/82787/oklahoma-botched-execution-clayton-lockett-lethal-injection-problems/.
In your essay, you should include these four major areas:
1) Clearly define the issue addressed in the statement;
2) Clearly state your position on the issue;
3) Defend that position with research, data, personal experiences, etc.; and
4 ) Conclude concisely restating your position clearly.
Your essays should be no less than 250 words and no more than 500 words (more is acceptable, if need be).
Instructions:
 Double space your work;
2. Use in-text citations according to your major (SOC or CJ), if needed;
3. Create a reference page (if you cite anyone’s work);
4. Proofread and spell check carefully!

 

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