Read the original passage. Then, for each of the passages below, decide 1) whether it is a proper paraphrase of the original and 2) whether it cites the source accurately and properly.

Original Passage: In the Gregg v. Georgia decision (July 1976), the United States Supreme Court opened the door to the death chambers which Furman v. Georgia (June 1972) had closed. As it affirmed the constitutionality of some executions, the high court conceded that there was no conclusive evidence that the use of capital punishment caused a net reduction in murders. Yet to states which so desired, the court granted the legal right to execute some persons as sheer retribution--that is, simply because they were believed to deserve it. Works Cited Entry: DeWolf, L. Harold. "The Death Penalty: Not a Remedy but a Symptom." The Christian Century 30 Jan. 1980: 92.

1) In a 1976 decision the United States Supreme Court reopened the doors to the death chambers. While it granted states the legal right to execute criminals, the high court admitted there was no evidence that use of capital punishment resulted in the reduction of murders. To states that wanted it, the court gave the legal right to use execution as punishment or retribution. (92)

 2) Discussing the Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a 1976 ruling which gave states the option of using the death penalty, L. Harold DeWolf reports that the court found "no conclusive evidence" of the deterrent effect of capital punishment (92). I could ask for no stronger support for my argument that the death penalty does not create the one effect which would justify its use.

 3) Despite the lack of conclusive evidence that the death penalty had a deterrent effect, in the Gregg v. Gregg decision, the United States Supreme Court granted states the legal right not only to execute criminals but to execute them as retribution (92).

 4) The states' right to use the death penalty was not granted because the Supreme Court believed in its deterrent effect, according to L. Harold DeWolf. States were given the "Legal right to execute some persons as sheer retribution--that is, simply because they were believed to deserve it" (92).

 5) In the Gregg v. Georgia decision, the Supreme Court opened up the death chambers closed by Furman V. Georgia. As it asserted the constitutional acceptability of executions, the court admitted that they had no conclusive evidence that capital punishment reduced murders. The court granted states that wanted it the right to put some people to death as sheer retribution (DeWolf 92).

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