1) Do you agree with capital punishment (the death penalty)? Under what circumstances is it okay/not okay? 2) What if someone was wrongly executed? 3) Does the death penalty stop people from committing violent crimes? 4) What different methods are there of applying the death penalty? 5) What do you think of the argument “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”? 6) Do you think victims’ families get a sense of closure knowing a killer has been executed? 7) Should the death penalty be given to mentally disabled people? 8) What do you think the executioner feels? 9) Do you think capital punishment is murder? 10) Which is worse, life imprisonment or the death penalty? 11) What do you think is the most humane way to put someone to death? 12) Do you think the victim should be able to choose the method of execution? 13) If execution is unacceptable, what is the alternative? 14) Should the general public be allowed to watch executions? 15) Do you think the death penalty can be applied to criminals of theft or other petty crimes? 16) Do you believe that capital punishment breaches human rights? 17) How might the death penalty prevent crime? 18) Is the death penalty actually the best way to protect society from monsters and murderers? 19) In what countries around the world is the death penalty carried out? For what crimes? 20) If your family member was murdered, how would you want the murderer to be punished?

Discussion Questions about the Death Penalty B2 - C1

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