The American Death Penalty

Undergraduate

This first-year seminar focuses on the Supreme Court’s 50-year experiment in a quest for fairness in applying the death penalty in the United States. The course aims to have students learn about the workings and history of the system of capital punishment, which is one of the most controversial elements of American criminal justice, and decide whether, in their view, the experiment has succeeded or failed-why and how. Enrollment limited to first-year students. WR , SO TTh 1:05pm-2:20pm