The Death Penalty: Who is Eligible and What Methods of Execution are Constitutional

  1. identify at least three judicial opinions and three scholarly articles you will be using as sources and contain an explanation as to why you selected them
  2. include a thesis statement you will be defending on an issue relevant to the content of this course and
    should contain an explanation as to why your thesis statement is important and worthy of investigation.
  3. helpful cases:
    Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 U.S. 130 (1879); In Re Kemmler, 136 U.S. 436 (1890).; Fierro v. Gomez, 77 F.3d 301 (1996); Campbell v. Wood, 18 F.3d 662 (1994).; Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35 (2008); Glossip v. Gross, 135 S. Ct. 2726 (2015); Bucklew v. Precythe, 139 S. Ct. 1112 (2019).