Crime and punishment

With crime and punishment essay rough drafts due Monday, I was wondering what ideas some people are talking about in there papers. Mine personally, I used capital punishment as a huge idea I am talking about that has taken almost half of my paper. There is so much to be said about capital punishment you could almost write an entire paper just on that. This is just one of the ideas I talk about in my paper. I would appreciate some shared ideas. Maybe they could help me as well as others who read this. So much to do in so little time.

Essays

Today in class we discussed how some of us like to start creating essays. I would like to know some more techniques others like to use to start the essay process. I might like to try some of these techniques to start my essay process. Personally I like to go straight into research and writing a paper. Its a little easier for me to just start writing paragraphs. Brainstorming ideas and making a list just gets me mixed up in what claims/reasons I should put in a paper. Comment if you would like to share some ideas.