Well I’m writing about Capital Punishment in Alabama for my research paper. I’m having the worst time deciding just how I want to go about it because there are so many aspects of the topic that I find interesting. I thought at first yeah let’s do the death penalty in the US, but as I researched more I thought wow let’s narrow it down to in Alabama. This state of Alabama has nearly 200 inmates on death row (and we wonder why our education systems are so bad here- that’s where all of our tax money is going!!!). As i looked into it more I realized that this topic is even really broad. The more I looked into it that I found that minorities are like 75% of the people on Alabama’s death row and I can’t help but wonder if that’s really fair. One statistic said that Blacks are only like 18% of the whole states population so how is this possible. Do I see a topic change possibly brewing in my mind? Who know’s bloggers, only time will tell!!!!
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This is really cool — reading how your research shifts as you find out more and more. So are you wanting to focus on the overrepresentation of African Americans on death row? I know that African American males make up a hugely disproportionate number of prison inmates nationally, and it would be interesting to see how Alabama compares. I read some research on the Black Panthers in Oakland CA and how the group worked hard on prison reform. The research I read compared the popular conception of Black Panthers with the progressive social programs they spearheaded…these programs didn’t always get the spotlight they deserved. That’s probably off-topic for your research paper, but prison reform…that’s a huge topic. Sounds like you’re on your way to a fascinating paper.
Comment by sdshattuck — October 17, 2006 @ 7:09 pm