num_pages: 1
description: Does a state's killing of a convicted murderer help prevent another citizen from committing a crime that otherwise may have been carried out? Cause-and-effect arguments figure prominently in the death penalty debate. Selections examine whether the death penalty deters crime and whether it is fairly and equitably applied. Model essays and exercises examine how cause-and-effect essays are constructed.
language: English
title: The Death Penalty
titlecomplete: The Death Penalty (Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Greenhaven Press