Capital Punishment, Death Penalty: Victims’ families’ views • English Conversation Questions

What is your opinion on capital punishment?
Have you or anyone you know personally been affected by a crime where the perpetrator received the death penalty?
Do you believe that the death penalty provides justice for victims and their families?
How do you think the death penalty affects the families of the victims?
Do you think that the death penalty provides closure for victims’ families?
What do you think should be taken into consideration when deciding to seek the death penalty in a case?
How do you think the death penalty impacts the families of the convicted individual?
Do you think the death penalty deters crime? Why or why not?
Do you think that the death penalty disproportionately impacts certain racial or socio-economic groups?
What alternatives to the death penalty do you think should be considered?
Do you think that the death penalty is applied fairly in the United States?
How do you think the death penalty affects the prison system and its resources?
Do you think that the death penalty is a humane form of punishment?
What do you think should happen to individuals who are sentenced to death but are later found to be innocent?
Do you think that the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for certain crimes? If so, which crimes do you think warrant the death penalty?