Thursday, November 29, 2007
Journal #12
For thanksgiving i went back up to minnesota to see my family. It was really nice being able to see everyone and plus all my friends that i graduated with were home to so i had the chance to see and meet up with all my old friends. I flew up there on tuesday into the cities and my mom, step dad and little sister picked me up from the airport! My little sister is probably the hardest person that i miss just because she is so little and im scared that she is going to forget about me because she is only 4 years old. So it was really nice and made me feel alot better when she saw me she ran up to me and gave me the biggest hug ever. Well up in minnesota i live soo far up in the bonnies so i had to travel another 3 and half hours north just to get to my house! so by the time i even got to my home town it was not tell 10 at night then i went over to my ex house. I dated this kid for 4 and half years and only broke up because i moved here and we didnt want to do the whole long distance stuff so it was really nice spending time with him and his family. The next day i got to see alot more of my friends it was so nice!! its moments like that is when you miss high school just because you sit around and talk about the old days haha it was so nice. then thursday i had thanksgiving with my family it was really nice.. even though i missed my daddy! i felt bad that he was in chicago and didnt have anyone to have thanksgiving with! But anyways it was really nice my mom is a good cook so it all tasted really good! ok enough for now ill finish the rest on my next journal
Monday, November 19, 2007
OUTLINE-- final paper
By: Capital Punishment
Brittany Plate
1. If you kill someone does that mean its ok for a judge to make the decision that your life is also going to be taken by legal injections? Or should you be able to sit in prison for the rest of your life? Do you think that the person in crime should get the choice if he wants the death penalty or to stay alive in a cell. This is a big debate that we the United states struggle with. Capital punishment has been around for many decades even before is was legal. All around the world people were killed from doing something wrong. But does this make it ok? Capital Punishment, should it or shouldn’t it be allowed?
2. Background about Capital Punishment
A. There are 37 states that include the Death Penalty
1. 13 states without
A. these include Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
B. Each year there are about 250 people added to death row
1. 35 executed. (according to deathpenalty.org)
2. According to the Death Penalty Info Center 3, 350 people are currently on death row
3. California has the largest number with 660 people
C. Harshest form of punishment enforced in the United Sates today
D. Once a jury has convicted a criminal they go to the second part of the trial,
1. the punishment phase.
E. Once a jury has convicted a criminal offense they go to the second part of the trial, the punishment phase
1. lethal injection is the most common form used today
F. There was a period from 1972 to 1976 that capital punishment was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
1. Their reason: cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment.
2. The decision was reversed when new methods of execution were introduced.
3. From sentencing to execution there is about a seven to eight year wait
II. Safety guards for Capital Punishment
A. Some people feel that innocent people will be wrongfully executed all in the name of justice
1. Persons below eighteen years of a age, pregnant women , new mothers or persons who have become insane shall not be sentenced to death.
2. Capital punishment may be imposed only when guilt is determined by clear and convincing evidence leaving no room for an alternative explanation of the facts
3. Also capital punishment shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering
III. The strongest argument against using capital punishment is the argument that capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, condemning cruel and unusual punishment, is used to protest capital punishment. ( as cited in Carrington, 1978. p. 87).
A. The argument is that it appears to be a red herring argument, one that takes attention away from the facts of the case.
B. Other problems that can occur in the death penalty is
1. Wrong person
2. Suffering and slow dieing by giving not enough median
IV. Pros
A. By legalizing the death penalty in your state could lower the crime rate.
1. There would be no more over crowding in jails and prisons so we can place people with minor crimes in them.
2. We are not giving our tax dollars to put murders and sex offenders in
jail.
A. on average it cost 22,000 of our tax money per prisoner each
year
B. for example The 883,593 prisoners are costing the American taxpayers approximately $19.4 billion plus another $61.7 million for the construction of the 1,143 spaces needed. Even if the prisoner spent 20 years in prison the cost would be approx. $1,520,000.
(according to Abel Martinez)
In conclusion I would pick to have the death penalty in every state. If we would pick up the paste and not have it wait so long from the time they are sentence on death row to the time they are put down then it would make a lot of since. It doesn’t make any since for them to sit in jail all there lives. Its causing back up which is meaning that more and more people that is suppose to be sitting in jail for maybe a DWI are getting the easy way out because there is no room to lock them up. I seriously believe that maybe if everyone knew that the death penalty is real and you are going to get it with in a year then it would slow down crime rates. I think that a lot of murders think that going to jail is the easy way out, most of them want to go to jail because it’s a home. But if they knew that no matter what they were going to get the death penalty maybe some would realize that its not a good idea.
Brittany Plate
1. If you kill someone does that mean its ok for a judge to make the decision that your life is also going to be taken by legal injections? Or should you be able to sit in prison for the rest of your life? Do you think that the person in crime should get the choice if he wants the death penalty or to stay alive in a cell. This is a big debate that we the United states struggle with. Capital punishment has been around for many decades even before is was legal. All around the world people were killed from doing something wrong. But does this make it ok? Capital Punishment, should it or shouldn’t it be allowed?
2. Background about Capital Punishment
A. There are 37 states that include the Death Penalty
1. 13 states without
A. these include Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
B. Each year there are about 250 people added to death row
1. 35 executed. (according to deathpenalty.org)
2. According to the Death Penalty Info Center 3, 350 people are currently on death row
3. California has the largest number with 660 people
C. Harshest form of punishment enforced in the United Sates today
D. Once a jury has convicted a criminal they go to the second part of the trial,
1. the punishment phase.
E. Once a jury has convicted a criminal offense they go to the second part of the trial, the punishment phase
1. lethal injection is the most common form used today
F. There was a period from 1972 to 1976 that capital punishment was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
1. Their reason: cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment.
2. The decision was reversed when new methods of execution were introduced.
3. From sentencing to execution there is about a seven to eight year wait
II. Safety guards for Capital Punishment
A. Some people feel that innocent people will be wrongfully executed all in the name of justice
1. Persons below eighteen years of a age, pregnant women , new mothers or persons who have become insane shall not be sentenced to death.
2. Capital punishment may be imposed only when guilt is determined by clear and convincing evidence leaving no room for an alternative explanation of the facts
3. Also capital punishment shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering
III. The strongest argument against using capital punishment is the argument that capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, condemning cruel and unusual punishment, is used to protest capital punishment. ( as cited in Carrington, 1978. p. 87).
A. The argument is that it appears to be a red herring argument, one that takes attention away from the facts of the case.
B. Other problems that can occur in the death penalty is
1. Wrong person
2. Suffering and slow dieing by giving not enough median
IV. Pros
A. By legalizing the death penalty in your state could lower the crime rate.
1. There would be no more over crowding in jails and prisons so we can place people with minor crimes in them.
2. We are not giving our tax dollars to put murders and sex offenders in
jail.
A. on average it cost 22,000 of our tax money per prisoner each
year
B. for example The 883,593 prisoners are costing the American taxpayers approximately $19.4 billion plus another $61.7 million for the construction of the 1,143 spaces needed. Even if the prisoner spent 20 years in prison the cost would be approx. $1,520,000.
(according to Abel Martinez)
In conclusion I would pick to have the death penalty in every state. If we would pick up the paste and not have it wait so long from the time they are sentence on death row to the time they are put down then it would make a lot of since. It doesn’t make any since for them to sit in jail all there lives. Its causing back up which is meaning that more and more people that is suppose to be sitting in jail for maybe a DWI are getting the easy way out because there is no room to lock them up. I seriously believe that maybe if everyone knew that the death penalty is real and you are going to get it with in a year then it would slow down crime rates. I think that a lot of murders think that going to jail is the easy way out, most of them want to go to jail because it’s a home. But if they knew that no matter what they were going to get the death penalty maybe some would realize that its not a good idea.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Journal #11
So my grandpa finally decided to have surgery! its a big stress remover.. let me tell you. At first he wanted to just do radation but because he lives in a small town the hospital didnt give radation he had to go ahead with the surgery. Which im glad that is what i wanted him to do. i felt like radation was not getting rid of the problem it was just helping the problem, and now that he is having surgery he can be done and its going to be over with. the doctor said that he would be out of the hospital the next day and within 3 weeks he should have his kidneys back. thats the only thing my grandpa is worried about he just doesnt want to have to wear diapers again. because he having prostate surgery he has to relearn how to use his kidneys again that is why he has to wear diapers. Ok so when my grandma made the date of his surgery she put it on Monday the 16th... which really stinks because that is the weekend that my friend from minnesota is coming up and i dont want to drag her down to iowa and have her deal with my grandpa having surgery.... she is very close with my family so its not like she would care i just dont want to put her through that. She is suppose to be coming up to have fun not worry about my problems. Also that tueday we have tickets to the bulls game that we really want to go and that we were taking my friend amanda to. so that means that on monday we have to drive down to Iowa stay for my grandpas surgery.. probably stay the night down there and then come back up on tuesday.. and she leaves Wendesday in the morning. I just hope everything works out this is alot of stress that is getting put down on me and this is the last thing that i need when i have alot of finalls coming up. its really getting the best of me.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Journal #10
So my grandpa has his final meeting with the doctor today and im kind of scared! by monday he has to know what he wants to do with his cancer. There is a part of me that thinks he is just not going to want to do anything and that is going to make me really sad. i want him to do something that is going to make him feel better.. so i really hope he thinks about all the options!
but anyways so last week i got a speeding ticket in a construction zone!! ya ouchy it was the first ticket that i have got since i got got my license. it really stinks i hope that it doesnt make my insurence go up to much.. because i jsut got it down to 100 dollars a month. when i first got my car it was 220 because i have a sports car and a V6 engine.. ya i wish i really would have known that before i bought the car. So anyways i have a puppy that i got for graduation and she just turned 6 months so i have to go get her all these shots that IS NOT cheap!! its getting really hard to pay for my bills because i try not to work alot so i have time for school work and a social life. pretty soon i have to get a new car cause for some reason why car is acting up! I just need a more realiable car.
but anyways so last week i got a speeding ticket in a construction zone!! ya ouchy it was the first ticket that i have got since i got got my license. it really stinks i hope that it doesnt make my insurence go up to much.. because i jsut got it down to 100 dollars a month. when i first got my car it was 220 because i have a sports car and a V6 engine.. ya i wish i really would have known that before i bought the car. So anyways i have a puppy that i got for graduation and she just turned 6 months so i have to go get her all these shots that IS NOT cheap!! its getting really hard to pay for my bills because i try not to work alot so i have time for school work and a social life. pretty soon i have to get a new car cause for some reason why car is acting up! I just need a more realiable car.
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