Issues In Modern America 2015-2016: Clemency Hearings 2015

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Today, after reading about last night's execution of Brian Keith Terrell, Mr. Kramer introduced the project that we'll be doing to close the unit, a series of clemency hearings where students will be making arguments about whether death row inmates should be executed or should be granted clemency of some sort.
Clemency Arguments Assignment
To help facilitate your argument, the following resources will be helpful:
http://www.capitalpunishmentincontext.org/
http://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/node/90
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/

Your first task is to complete a preparation sheet, that is a required part of this assignment.
Prep sheet for state/victim
Prep sheet for defense/inmate
You'll then work with your partners to outline and divide the parts of your presentation.

Here is a link to the RUBRIC that will be used to grade your argument.

Groups and case assignments are posted below:

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