Capital Punishment, Death Penalty: Victims’ families’ views

English Conversation Questions on Capital Punishment, Death Penalty: Victims’ families’ views

  • What is your opinion on capital punishment?
  • Have you or anyone you know personally been affected by a crime where the perpetrator received the death penalty?
  • Do you believe that the death penalty provides justice for victims and their families?
  • How do you think the death penalty affects the families of the victims?
  • Do you think that the death penalty provides closure for victims’ families?
  • What do you think should be taken into consideration when deciding to seek the death penalty in a case?
  • How do you think the death penalty impacts the families of the convicted individual?
  • Do you think the death penalty deters crime? Why or why not?
  • Do you think that the death penalty disproportionately impacts certain racial or socio-economic groups?
  • What alternatives to the death penalty do you think should be considered?
  • Do you think that the death penalty is applied fairly in the United States?
  • How do you think the death penalty affects the prison system and its resources?
  • Do you think that the death penalty is a humane form of punishment?
  • What do you think should happen to individuals who are sentenced to death but are later found to be innocent?
  • Do you think that the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for certain crimes? If so, which crimes do you think warrant the death penalty?

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