Which One of the Following Individuals Would Be Eligible for the Death

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following individuals would be eligible for the death penalty?

• A) A juvenile sex offender who is under age eighteen.
• B) A thirty-six year old female who is intellectually disabled.
• C) A female business owner who stabs her husband to death.
• D) A male serial rapist whose victims are all alive.

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Definitions:

Normalizing Discourses

The ways in which societies establish norms and standards through language and practices, often used to maintain power structures.

Good Mothering

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Good Fathering

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Feminist Theory

An approach that aims to understand the nature of gender inequality, examining women's social roles and lived experience.