Describe the impact of public opinion on the retention or abolition of the death penalty
Explain the trends in the administration of the death penalty
Identify the issues in major Supreme Court death penalty cases
Analyze and discuss the financial cost–benefit ratio of the death penalty
Evaluate the difficulty in determining whether the death penalty is a deterrent
Articulate the arguments relating to racial disparity and the death penalty
Identify the differences in sentencing between men and women when it comes to the death penalty
Discuss some of the issues around mental illness and mental disability and the death penalty
Explain the meaning of the innocence revolution and the issues surrounding the use of genetic and neuroimaging technology for determining exoneration and mitigation
