Death Penalty. A Comparison Between Germany and American Attitudes Towards Capital Punishment

Pre-University Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Discussion and Essays grade: 15 language: English abstract: In the following term paper the author is going to compare the German and American attitude toward the death penalty. At first she wants to clarify the definition. This paper will give a brief overview of the recent history of capital punishment in both states. The emphasis is on the comparison between these different attitudes. Providing to the findings of the German attitude the author indents to carry out a survey. Finally she would like to express her own opinion on the topic.