Ensure you have introduction to your paper which tells the bit more about trajectory of paper as a whole. For example, how has attitude of Church towards death penalty changed over the years.

Learn differences between your possessives and plurals. Cats=plural, cat's=possessive. I'm sure you know the difference, but there are some cases in here where plural where possessive require to be.

Work on transitions between paragraphs. You have many good facts in here, but you don't actually lead \ reader from one idea to \ next and instead appear to list them in paragraphs which are not connected. Here are couple of sites which can aid you with learning how to make better transitions between paragraphs