Writing Homework Help

The only two books you need to use for this essay are:

1. Feinman, Jay M., (2006) Law 101: Everything you Need to Know about the American Legal System. Oxford University Press, 5th ed.

2. Milovanovic, Dragan, (2003) An Introduction to the Sociology of Law. Criminal Justice Press, 3rd ed.

NO OUTSIDE SOURCES YOU MUST ONLY USE THESE BOOKS TO ANSWERS THE ESSAY QUESTION

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The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law. Statistical disparities associated with the death penalty would appear to belie the Constitution’s promise as it involves the lived experiences of persons of color and, more specifically, African Americans.

Write a three-to-four page (double spaced, twelve point font) essay using the death penalty in America to explain why, if at all, the rights of African Americans continue to be functionally and/or systemically subordinated to whites. Restrict your sources to class and course materials. Page source references and give particular attention to assigned readings from David Garland’s book Peculiar Institution – America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition, including but not limited to Chapter 6, “State and Society in America.” Also draw and cite, i.e., include, support from two (or more) chapters of Dragan Milovanovic’s book, An Introduction to the Sociology of the Law, to support your explanation. Please avoid use of the first person, e.g., “I think,” “to me,” “personally,” etc. Also kindly do not cite slides from class outlines. You are, of course, free to take whatever position you choose, e.g., no functional and/or systemic racism exists, as the assignment is intended to evaluate your study and application of the materials versus boxing you into a particular position which may be inconsistent with your considered judgments and reasoning.