Year 11 formal writing help needed

I'm doing a formal writing essay on whether or not capital punishment should be re-instated (I live in a country where it is not) and arguing FOR it being re-instated. Does anyone have any links, resources, or useful arguments to help me with it?"

      

 

[malakadang]

A good argument for Capital Punishment I believe is Retributive Justice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retributive_justice

Other than that, I'm not familiar with too many good arguments for it.

 

[malyce]

It's also good to know your competition:

https://death.rdsecure.org/article.php?id=42

There's a good start for you. Monetarily, the death penalty is expensive. Morally and ethically, it's up to you to prove that the cost of the death penalty is outweighed by the detourrant it gives. Try looking at major crime rates in America since the death penalty was re-established (1972 I believe). It should be lower than prior.

You can also argue tradition. Capital punishment has been around longer than Jesus, and is by far the most efficient method of dealing with major crimes (comparatively in history, that is). Check JSTOR for articles related to the death penalty and the culture behind it, that should give you a good premise.

Arguing fiscal, moral, or ethical is really a blurred and incorrect way of going about a paper like this. Argue tradition, national trends and effectiveness instead.