Order Description
1) Paper should be 12 pages in length (NOT counting References and Title page, or any charts/graphs/lists.)
2) Paper must be over a specific modern topic/issue within the death penalty. (NOT YOUR PERSONAL OPINION ON THE DEATH PENALTY.) Only 1 or 2 paragraphs of your paper should review the history of the death penalty, or any discussion of basic death penalty facts. Failure to specify one topic (innocence, cost, deterrence, etc) will result in your grade being lowered by 2 letter grades.
3) Must use APA or ASA citation AND formatting and cite to everything that is not common knowledge.
4) Cant use the words “We, I, In my opinion, My,” or any other such pronoun.
5) It needs SIX independent, scholarly sources (texts and journal articles, cases, etc) and TWO Web sites must be cited as reference material for this research paper.
6) Since this is a ?research paper,? you must demonstrate that you did research by the use of proper citations (no footnotes). Remember to include a separate ?References? page, which is not included in the page count of your paper. It is perfectly acceptable to conduct some research online, but be sure to document these sources correctly and to assess their credibility before using them! Just as it is not acceptable to use tabloid newspapers as source material, neither is it proper to use Web sites that are not up to academic standards.
7) Use NO MORE than 2 direct quotes from your research, and NO quotes over 40 words in length.
8) Use NO MORE than one chart OR list — and ONLY then, if it is something that is so unique it cannot be paraphrased. Regardless, any chart or list is NOT included in your page value.
