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Response Argumentative Essay - WK 9 English 101
Composition and Rhetoric (Liberty University)
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Elizabeth Lloyd
Dr. Walker
English 101 026
23 October 2023
Forfeiting Your Life as Penalty
Thesis: Although Mark Davis views the death penalty as an effective form of punishment, it goes against
human morality, making life without parole more effective.
I. Introduction
A. A podcast host, Mark Davis, explains his views on the death penalty and why he supports it.
II. Summative Paragraph about Op-Ed
III. Death Penalty goes against Morals and Ethics
A. Physicians go against the foundation of their ethics when performing the death penalty on
individuals.
1. Physicians’ role in the death penalty could lead to them into participating in illegal
organ procurement
IV. There is an alternative to the death penalty.
A. Life Without parole is an alternative to the death penalty.
1. LWOP is more cost-effective.
2. Psychologically more satisfying for the victim's family
V. Conclusion (Value of Op-Ed)
A. Mark Davis presents good points about why the death penalty but the only person who should
be able to judge whether who lives or dies is God
Response Argumentative Essay - WK 9 English 101
Composition and Rhetoric (Liberty University)
, 2
Elizabeth Lloyd
Dr. Walker
English 101 026
23 October 2023
Forfeiting Your Life as Penalty
Thesis: Although Mark Davis views the death penalty as an effective form of punishment, it goes against
human morality, making life without parole more effective.
I. Introduction
A. A podcast host, Mark Davis, explains his views on the death penalty and why he supports it.
II. Summative Paragraph about Op-Ed
III. Death Penalty goes against Morals and Ethics
A. Physicians go against the foundation of their ethics when performing the death penalty on
individuals.
1. Physicians’ role in the death penalty could lead to them into participating in illegal
organ procurement
IV. There is an alternative to the death penalty.
A. Life Without parole is an alternative to the death penalty.
1. LWOP is more cost-effective.
2. Psychologically more satisfying for the victim's family
V. Conclusion (Value of Op-Ed)
A. Mark Davis presents good points about why the death penalty but the only person who should
be able to judge whether who lives or dies is God
