Creating a Research Question, Thesis, and Outline

A Research Question, Thesis, And Outline
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A Research Question, Thesis, And Outline
Research Question: Is the death penalty an effective crime, and should it be upheld?
Working thesis statement: Since the death sentence does not serve as an effective deterrence against crime, it should be done away with.
Detailed Outline
* Working thesis in Introduction: Since the death sentence does not serve as an effective deterrence against crime, it should be done away with.
* Hook with descriptive statistics on the death penalty
* Introduce two concerns; human rights, the right to life
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Background
* When European settlers came into the new world, they brought with them the practice of putting offenders to death via the death penalty.
* Jamestown, a village located in Virginia, is credited as the site of the first known execution to take place inside the boundaries of the new British colonies in 1608. The deceased was identified as a guy by the name of Captain George Kendall.
Analysis
Arguments that Support the Thesis Statement
* There is always the risk that innocent people might be killed inside any judicial system, and this is something that cannot be avoided.
* There will never be a day when we will be able to eradicate the risk of the death penalty being carried out unjustly or arbitrarily.
* When the death penalty is in place, it is impossible to uphold human rights and human dignity simultaneously.
* The execution of a sentence death does not function as an effective deterrence for criminal behaviour.
* The general population's perspective will not constitute a serious barrier to abolishment.
Source 1:
Why the Death Penalty should be abolished – International Commission against the Death Penalty. (n.d.).
Arguments against the Thesis Statement
* Those who support the death penalty argue that whoever kills another human being should lose all rights to their own life since they have taken the life of another.
* It has a particularly effective impact as a type of deterrent on potentially violent offenders for whom the threat of jail is not an acceptable kind of limitation. This results in a particularly effective impact as a form of deterrence.
* It is not inconceivable to conceive of the possibility of formulating laws and procedures that would make it possible to restrict the use of the death penalty to just those individuals who justifiably merit such a punishment.
Source 1: Canes-Wrone, B., Clark, T. S., & Kelly, J. P. (2014). Judicial selection and death penalty decisions. 
Conclusion
* Restating the thesis statement
* Summary of the main points
* Call to action
Recommendations
* The imposition of the death penalty is a breach of human rights because it infringes on the right to life, which is the most basic of all human rights.
* Consequently, it is a violation of a person's right not to be subjected to treatment and punishment that is humiliating or severe.
* The use of the death penalty is a violation of the fundamental dignity that is inherent in every single unique human being.
* As a consequence of this, we need to do away with the practi...