Select an offender who is currently on death row in the United States and whose crime(s) could be argued in terms of a positivist rationale. You may choose either a male or a female for the purposes of this assignment, as long as the individual was originally sentenced to execution in the jurisdiction in which they were convicted. Note, you may also select a case that has since been commuted to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP).
This first assignment should be a minimum of two (2) substantive content pages, exclusive of title page and references. You are welcome to provide a brief background on your selected offender\’s case however the majority of your paper should address and argue for a positivist theoretical approach to explain the offender\’s criminal behavior.
A good way to approach this assignment would be to place yourself in the role of the defense. How could you attempt to rationalize (or mitigate) the offender\’s criminal behavior?
This assignment is due no later than Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 at 11:59pm (PST). Please submit your assignment in a Word document prepared in accordance with APA formatting guidelines.