Learning Target: Students will know the basic core beliefs of the two major American political parties. Students will be able to make informed decisions about major American political issues.
Circle: Say you believe the death penalty is a good thing, what actions do you think should warrant the potential for death row (other than murder)? Would you rather never be able to eat hot food again or never be able to take a hot shower again?
World Issues Project: Students will have 20 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.
Types of Murder:
- 1st Degree: Murder that is premeditated.
- 2nd Degree: Murder that is not premeditated.
- Felony Murder: Killing someone while in the act of a felony, everyone involved is accused.
- Voluntary Manslaughter: The intent to harm, accidentally killing.
- Involuntary Manslaughter: Being reckless, but with no intent to harm someone.
- Justifiable Homicide: Killing someone in self defense of yourself or other people.
States w/ & w/o Death Penalty: https://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=001172
Currently on Death Row: We will be looking at a list of people currently on death row and what they did to get there. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/federal-death-row-prisoners
Criteria: Here is the list of each states criteria for eligibility to be on death row. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/crimes-punishable-death-penalty
Case Against:
-Less than 2% of known murderers end up on death row.
-People who may have been innocent: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executed-possibly-innocent
-Lester Bower: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/lester-bower-execution-texas-118993
- Botched Killings: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/some-examples-post-furman-botched-executions
Case For:
- It's cheaper to put someone on death row than life in prison. 30-60 thousand dollars per year. Lethal injection is about 16,500 dollars.
- Say the punishment should match the crime.
- Crime deterrent.
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