Part I: What states provide for capital punishment and for what types of offenses? What is the method proscribed for the imposition of death, and what state has had the most executions since the Gregg decision? The least?
Part II: Is capital punishment appropriate in some offenses other than murder? Support your answer with legal reasoning. Is the manner in how capital punishment is imposed a question of legality, morality, or emotion based on public opinion? Should the decision come from a balance of those issues, or does the type and nature of the offense counterbalance how the punishment is carried murdered a child).