Death Penalty

• Is the death penalty an effective crime deterrent?
• What merits the death penalty in Florida
• Assessing the death penalty
• Deciding whether those who pass the death penalty are murderers, too
• Do you believe that the Supreme Court was right in their decision that it would be cruel and unusual punishment to use the death penalty for a child rapist?
• Testimonies: Murder trial Juror
• Imposing the death sentence

Drug Laws & Prevention

• The harms of drugs versus the harms of the 'War on Drugs'
• Should the US government control what substances individuals can put in their own bodies?
• Hypotheticals: Yesterday's patriots meet today's elitists
• Should we create policies that treat drug abuse as a health problem rather than a crime problem?
• Lowering the legal drinking age in America
• Should a Constitutional amendment have been required to prohibit today's illicit drugs?
• The drug war in Dallas

Justice System

• Situations in which murder may be a just moral response
• Should criminals convicted of non-violent crimes face jail terms?
• A new mini-mafia among today's teens: Who is to blame?
• The role of audi alteram partem in our legal system
• Evaluating the use and effectiveness of lie detectors and other truth-detection technology in law enforcement
• The role of psychological testing in identifying juvenile vs. adult criminals
• History: Writ jurisdiction

US Law & Justice (Other)

• Questions to ask an officer in traffic court that may help reduce your punishment
• A race elephant on the American table: Ethnic patterns among criminals
• Should there be freedom of speech for Christian broadcasters?
• Obscure law bans Virginia restaurants from serving sangria
• The true cost of crime to society
• Eminent domain: Public use or public tyranny?
• Reflections: Police officers over-using Tasers and pepper spray to silence non-violent offenders