Racial Discrepancies in Death Penalty Sentencing

Paper details:

Research Project Paper
Students are required to write a research paper for this course.
Potential topic areas include, but are not limited to [Excluding Religion and the Death Penalty]*:
• Topic: Racial Discrepancies in Death Penalty sentencing

*The papers that I have received concerning Religion and the Death Penalty in the past have almost always failed to reach the level of empiricism required for the assignment. In large part, students want to write about how their faith fosters a belief in or opposition to the death penalty by citing religious texts. This is a personal statement, which is fine for refining what any student believes personally and I applaud it, but it is not an empirical study of the death penalty. Therefore, I have made the decision to exclude Religion and the Death Penalty from available topics for the research paper.
The research paper is to be at least 15 pages in length (size 12 Times New Roman font, default 1 inch margins, double spaced). The “15 pages” refers to content excluding the title, abstract, and reference pages. The paper must follow a formal research paper presentation in APA Style (e.g., Abstract, Introduction, Headings/ subheadings, Discussion/conclusion). Please present a comprehensive presentation of your topic using adequate resources (at least “academic” 8 sources; e-journals from the FIU library are fine –web based sources are limited to 2 articles, e.g., DPIC website). If you have any questions regarding your topic area, please email me. The paper will be based on comprehensiveness, scope, analyses, synthesis, logic, grammar, spelling, organization, clarity, APA styaqwle and citation, empiricism, and content.