The Task

Your task will be to better develop support for your opinion about capital punishment in Wisconsin. The reason we will focus on our state is the status of the death penalty is decided on a state by state basis. During this Webquest you will become more familiar with some of the various reasons people have different opinions about this issue and then you will decide which are most significant to you so that you can coherently express your own opinion in the form of a business letter written to a member of the Wisconsin legislature.

STATES WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Alabama	Florida	Louisiana	N. Hampshire	Oregon	Virginia
Arizona	Georgia	Maryland	New Jersey	Pennsylvania	Washington
Arkansas	Idaho	Mississippi	New Mexico	S. Carolina	Wyoming
California	Illinois	Missouri	New York	S. Dakota
Colorado	Indiana	Montana	N. Carolina	Tennessee
Connecticut	Kansas	Nebraska	Ohio	Texas
Delaware	Kentucky	Nevada	Oklahoma	Utah

STATES WITHOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Alaska	Hawaii	Iowa
Maine	Massachusetts	Michigan
Minnesota	North Dakota	Rhode Island
Vermont	West Virginia	Wisconsin
District of Columbia