1. Expert
1.1. UNIDENTIFIED
2. Considering both the opinions (need to understand and analyse both sides)
2.1. For
2.1.1. Understanding the criminal's mind
2.1.2. opinions that debate FOR
2.2. Against
2.2.1. understadning the victims mind
2.2.2. the publics point of veiw
2.2.3. opinions that debate AGAINST
3. Timeline
3.1. Research (1 Week)
3.1.1. Reading the book
3.1.2. Movie
3.2. Analyzing information (1 week)
3.2.1. answering my sub-questions
3.2.2. Meeting an expert
3.3. Answering my question (1 week)
4. Movie
4.1. Dead man walking (1995)
4.1.1. A man waiting on death row and a nun who befriends hin
5. Rationale
5.1. Definition
5.1.1. The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
5.1.2. After the Delhi rape case, many suggested capital punishment for the criminals, while others said that it would be too harsh. Many such incidents and crimes have taken place over the last couple of years, and I have consistently thought that those committing a crime must be punished as harshly! After listening to the people around me, I realized that there is another point of view to this, to explore which, I wanted to embark on this journey of finding the other side of the coin.
6. Actions
6.1. What effect dopes the punishment have on the criminal?
6.2. What effect does it have on the society?
6.3. Does it set an effective example? or does it just worsen the situation?
6.4. Who decides?
7. Books
7.1. The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective (Roger Hood, Carolyn Hoyle)
7.1.1. The book talks about justification of capital punishment and whether it is effective in providing equality. Reading this book will allow me to look at different perspective to the topic.
7.2. The ethics of capital punishment (Christine Watkins)
7.2.1. A book questioning the morals and ethics of capital punishment, and whether death penalty is too harsh.