@article{Leighton_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Death Penalty Paper}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/death-penalty-paper}, abstractNote={You are the head of a Pardons Board hearing the clemency petition of a condemned man. This will be your last case before you set down, so you feel total freedom to speak your mind and do what you believe is right. In the first two pages, lay down your opinion about what should be done in the Robert Willie case and why. Make sure to deal with the basic issue of the legitimacy of capital punishment as laid out in Dead Man Walking: "if we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well… subject as [they are] to every imaginable form of inefficiency and corruption" (p 130). In the next 3-4 pages, invent questions from people at the hearing and answer them. Question come from: Sister Helen Prejean, the District Attorney, the Defense Attorney, the victim’s family and the condemned man’s family. There are no shortage of difficult and penetrating questions with respect to murder and capital punishment – make sure they are reflected in your paper rather than fluff questions with easy answers.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Leighton, SPaul}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }