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Look carefully at two of the
following sites and analyze the ways in which they present the issue of capital
punishment: Death Penalty Information Center Non-profit site offering staggering amount
of information on the death penalty. Pro-death
penalty.com As advertised: discussion and related links in support
of the death penalty Justice
for All "A Criminal Justice Reform Organization." Broader
concerns (victims' rights) include maintaining status quo on capital
punishment in the U.S. Consider the following in doing
your analysis: - Who authored the site? What
is the author's interest in the capital punishment issue?
- Where is the site hosted?
What connection is there between the host organization and the issue at
hand?
- Does the site purport to
be neutral on the issue? If so, does it succeed? If not, what position does
it appear to take?
- What kind of information
is presented? What, if anything, is left out?
- What was the most powerful
element of the site's presentation of the issue? What was the weakest?
- Did anything you see/read
change your position on the issue?
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