Events 2000 bullet. Covington Diocese Hosts death penalty Education Day Saturday, November 4 including high school students and veteran activists. http://www.kcadp.org/events_2000.htm
Extractions: Central Kentucky Chapter Begins Vigils Presidential Campaign Activities ... Covington Diocese Hosts Death Penalty Education Day - Saturday, November 4 Central Kentucky Chapter Begins Vigils On July 25, 2000 the Central Kentucky Chapter of KCADP held its first "execution vigil," in downtown Lexington in front of the Fayette County Circuit Courthouse. The vigil commemorated those who have been executed in the United States in the last two months. U of K law professor, Roberta Harding, spoke about the case of Gary Graham. Then the names of those executed in June and July were read, as well as the names of murder victims. There followed a moment of silence. This was the first in a series of bi-monthly vigils in Lexington. About 30 people participated in the vigil, including high school students and "veteran" activists. Three TV stations covered the event and Channel 18 ran the vigil as their top story for the 11:00 newscast! The Central Kentucky Chapter of KCADP meets on the 4th Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM at the University of Kentucky Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane in Lexington.
Religious Action Center - Death Penalty Consider the following statistics gathered by the death penalty Information Center As For high school students L Taken Seminars. For College students- http://www.rac.org/issues/issuedp.html
LEXIS-NEXIS® Academic Universe-Document Middle school and high school students brought those ideas and dozens of others to carried out in public, that turned opinion against the death penalty. http://nationalhistoryday.org/08_others/08_coordinators/lexisnexis/nm4.htm
Extractions: Iris Grubbs, Coral Bernal and Amber Martinez from the Taos Day School showed pride in their heritage with their entry. For 68 years, they reported, the Taos Pueblo had pursued the return of Great Blue Lake, sacred to the tribe as a place of meditation and prayer. Bernal's grandfather was among the tribal leaders who finally persuaded Congress and President Richard Nixon to return the lake in 1971. "Now it belongs to Taos Pueblo, and only our people are allowed to go there," Iris said as she explained the trio's display.
Students Urge Ohio Death-penalty Freeze students urge Ohio deathpenalty freeze. 01/18/03. Bill Sloat Trina Middleton, a Shaw high school freshman, was abducted while walking home from a http://www.stopcapitalpunishment.org/coverage/103.html
Extractions: Cincinnati - A study of death sentences by University of Cincinnati law students says Ohio makes too many accused murderers eligible for capital punishment, raising the risk that an innocent person could be executed. The students, who urged Gov. Bob Taft to impose an immediate moratorium on executions, said yesterday that as many as 110 of Ohio's 203 death-row cases would not meet death-penalty recommendations developed by a reform commission in Illinois. They want Taft to appoint a similar panel.
CNNfyi.com - Death Penalty: Students Debate - June 12, 2001 debate on American high school campuses. Is the death penalty moral? CNN Student Bureau s Allison Walker reports on what high school students think http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/student.bureau/06/11/capital.punishment/
Extractions: (CNNSB) The executions this month of Juan Raul Garza and Timothy McVeigh, the only two federal prisoners executed since 1963, have revived interest in an ongoing debate on American high school campuses. Is the death penalty moral? Is it effective? Many teens in Connecticut and Texas two states that have applied the death penalty very differently throughout history share similar opinions about capital punishment. Students in both states are divided about the issue. While Texas executed 40 people last year alone, there has not been an execution in Connecticut since 1961. Texas juries have handed down death sentences at a rate 10 times higher than those in Connecticut. VIDEO CNN Student Bureau's Allison Walker reports on what high school students think about the death penalty (June 12)
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Winners Of The 2004 Profile In Courage Essay Contest Arkansas and New York high school students Share Top Honors in John F. Ryans courage in imposing the nations first deathpenalty moratorium and http://www.jfklibrary.org/pr_pica_essay_winner_2004_announce.html
Extractions: Go to Content Home News Releases News Release Arkansas and New York High School Students Share Top Honors in John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest Teaneck, NJ Education Board President Bernard Confer and Illinois Governor George Ryan Subjects of Winning Essays on Political Courage For Immediate Release: April 6, 2004 Press Contact: Ann Scanlon (617) 514-1662 Boston Will Schmidley , an 18-year-old senior at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Avram Sand , a 16-year-old junior at Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy in New York City, will be honored by Caroline Kennedy and other members of President Kennedys family during the May 24 th Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston for their prize-winning entries in the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. The Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites students from across the nation to write an essay about a current political issue at the local, state or national level and an elected official in the United States who is acting courageously to address that issue. The award is named for President Kennedys 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book
Death Penalty Focus students Against the death penalty Facts Moratorium a recent poll of high school students, asked if they d rather be rich or smart, chose rich. http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=editorial1
Untitled Document and high school students expressing their reactions and thoughts on justice, Most of the world has abolished the practice of the death penalty. http://www.pym.org/education/Pages/I_dream.htm
Extractions: Suggested Activities ... Down load a printed copy of this curriculum Dear teacher or administrator: I have enclosed a number of suggested activities for you to use as ideas and starting points in developing the project at your school. Also enclosed are basic guidelines for submitting work as well as background information on Dr. King and the history of the I Dream a World project. I hope that you will help us bring this project to students in your school and I am eager to work closely with you and your school. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Best Books 2004 Adult Books For High School Students - 12/1/2004 Jackie Gropman and Susan Woodcock, chairs, Adult Books for high school students of the law to save him from the death penalty and to learn the truth. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA482545.html
ASNE High School Journalism - Arming minority high school journalism students with the knowledge to make from the Internet on traffic violations, drug arrests and death penalty. http://www.highschooljournalism.org/Teachers/Lesson_Plans/Detail.cfm?lessonplani
ABA For Schools Lessons High School Students Due Process high school students Due Process Teaching about Due Process of the Law In the case of the death penalty, the government s interest is to punish and http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/schools/lessons/dueprocess_questions.html
Extractions: Teaching about Due Process of the Law QUESTIONS 1. Can the government do that? The scenario poses a range of takings and intrusions, from minor to extremely serious. The key point of the lesson is that the government can only deprive a person of life, liberty or property in accordance with due process of law. That begs the question, "What is due process of law?" Distilled to its essence, due process requires notice and an opportunity to be heard. Stated another way, due process means that the government must indicate some justification or cause for its actions and must give attention to and take seriously the response or position of the person being affected. The starting point of due process analysis in each of the above situations, then, is to identify the government's authority or reasons for its actions. In each of the instances in "Bill's Bad Day,"
ABA For Schools Lessons High School Students Due Process high school students Due Process Conversations with Leaders in the Law issues that are less personal, but very compelling, such as the death penalty. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/schools/lessons/hs_dueprocess_conversation
Extractions: Conversations with Leaders in the Law Talk to Teens About Due Process Youth violence, disaffection with community, lack of civility and low achievement are often concerns associated with young people today. How can you help? By sharing your knowledge of the role of law in guaranteeing American freedoms, you can help teenagers realize that they have rights and responsibilities. You can help them understand that they can improve their lives and our society through knowledge of our laws and legal processes and through participation in our democracy. You can personalize the law by sharing your expertise with teenagers in a simple and informal "Conversation" about due process a concept of special importance to adolescents. Are you thinking, "It's not so simple"? Think again. Young people need little prompting to talk about issues that affect their lives...issues like dress codes, curfew, locker searches, and drug testing, to name a few.
Building A Case that it is important among elementary and high school students as well, Seventeenyear-old Christopher Simmons received a death penalty sentence http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb05/building.html
Extractions: Print version: page 44 APA submitted five amicus curiae briefs in 2004 to the Supreme Court, appellate courts and state courts to advise them on an array of pending cases. The briefs provided research relevant to four public policy issues and built on past briefs' positions in some areas. They span diverse issues, from race-based school admissions to the juvenile death penalty to same-sex couples' right to marry. To draft them, the association's Office of General Counsel collaborated with APA-affiliated groups and APA members to identify and present relevant psychological research. Many of the briefs APA filed in 2004 build on policy issues that APA commented on in different court cases during the past few years, such as marriages between same-sex couples and race-based factors in education.
Extractions: Return to the MediaRights homepage Sign up now for free membership in our online community Change your personal info, personalize the site, write a message Research articles, read news, post announcements Pick your workshop: Producer, Youth, Activist, Educator/Librarian Go to YMDi (Youth Media Distribution) Watch the online Media That Matters Festival Find out more about MediaRights and the staff Find documentaries, activists and organizations and more Registered users: login What's this? April 4, 2005 By Angela Tucker Deadline was broadcast on NBC as a special two-hour Dateline . This landmark event marked the first time a major network acquired an independent documentary, and it allowed our film to be seen by as many as 5.5 million people. This was more than any of us had dreamed, and we have worked hard to harness the power of this NBC broadcast to launch a much larger national outreach campaign. Governor George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 death row inmates to life in prison. Photo by Kirsten Johnson.
Colleges.com, U Magazine death penalty Kerry opposes other than in cases of real international or to establish a $3.2 billion community service plan for high school students http://www.colleges.com/Umagazine/2004fall/8.html
Extractions: Bush believes current tax cuts are helping the economy rebound, and he would like to make the recently passed tax cuts permanent. Bush wants $3,000 re-employment accounts to help the unemployed with job-search expenses. He also wants to ease business regulations, pursue more free trade deals, and increase domestic energy production. He believes we can save costs to the economy by limiting class action lawsuits and medical malpractice liability. Essentially, Bush believes that taxpayers should have more money in their pocket, which will stimulate the economy through their own personal spending choices as well as businesses who will spend to grow. Bush increased college financial aid assistance by $25.9 billion, a 55% increase since taking office bringing the total aid to $73 billion. Bush plans to increase Pell grants to their highest level to date, $12.9 billion, a 47 % increase since taking office, which will help an additional 1,000,000 students. He has also proposed an additional $84 million in Pell grants to students who graduate early. This early graduation Pell grant would be in addition to the Pell grant the student already received for the year. Bush also plans to increase the number of AmeriCorps members to 75,000. Full time members receive an education award of $4,725 to pay for college or graduate school. He further wants to eliminate barriers to distance learning by enabling greater access to web-based programs and virtual schools and
TalkLeft: ACLU To Host Juvenile Death Penalty Conference The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is sponsoring a Youth death penalty help with the conference or help mobilize students to attend (high school, http://talkleft.com/new_archives/001792.html
Extractions: Main Friday :: February 14, 2003 ACLU to Host Juvenile Death Penalty Conference The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is sponsoring a Youth Death Penalty Conference. If you know any students that may be interested in attending, please send out an email. The DC/MD/VA Student Convention will take place on Saturday, February 22nd from 11-5 at Howard Law School in Washington, DC. The conference's purpose is to bring youth together, educate them about the death penalty, and start planning for youth action in these states and on key issues like the juvenile death penalty. If you would like to attend, help with the conference or help mobilize students to attend (high school, college and grad school students) please contact Josh Noble at the ACLU Capital Punishment Project: dpconf2003@hotmail.com, 202-675-2319, or go here. Juvenile Offenders
Death Penalty Opponents Speak In Detroit On March 18 speakers from antideath penalty organization, an attempted by robbery by four high school students, who were high on alcohol and marijuana. http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/mar1999/deat-m23.shtml
Extractions: 23 March 1999 On March 18 speakers from the anti-death penalty organization "The Journey of Hope ... from Violence to Healing" addressed law students and others at Detroit's Wayne State University. The organization presented a unique perspective of those who have experienced the murder of a family member, but who strongly oppose the death penalty. Among the speakers at the meeting was Sam Reese Sheppard, the son of Dr. Sam Sheppard who was falsely accused of the 1954 Cleveland, Ohio murder of his wife. The case, later described by the Supreme Court as a "mockery of justice," became the focus of the television show and movie The Fugitive The Journey of Hope, which advocates the abolition of state killings in the US, is preparing to tour the state of Tennessee. The April 11-25 event will begin with a Nashville concert featuring Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne and the Indigo Girls.
Widespread Opposition To Death Penalty Legislation In Michigan Thirtyeight states currently have the death penalty; Michigan is one of twelve Others, including high school students, addressed the violation of human http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/apr1999/dpen-a01.shtml
Extractions: 1 April 1999 "The killing business," is how many described the death penalty at a public hearing in Pontiac, Michigan last week. Several speakers passionately opposed the death penalty in their testimony March 23 before the state Senate Judiciary Committee, which is debating legislation to resume executions in Michigan for the first time in 153 years. More than 400 people, the overwhelming majority opposed to the death penalty, packed the first of several public hearings to debate the issue. Senate Republicans David Jaye and Bill Bullard have introduced a pair of resolutions in the Michigan State Senate to bring back capital punishment in cases of first degree murder. The legislation requires a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate to be placed on the ballot in the year 2000. Thirty-eight states currently have the death penalty; Michigan is one of twelve that does not. Michigan was the first government in the English speaking world to abolish the death penalty, partly because of the hanging of an innocent man. Patrick Fitzgerald was hung in 1837 in nearby Windsor, Ontario for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl. Another person later confessed to the crime. Michigan's 1846 constitution incorporated a ban on capital punishment.
OUSD | Urban Dreams | Video Library This video features several students at Oakland high school who are politically active. Capital Offense At Issue with The death penalty http://urbandreams.ousd.k12.ca.us/video/
Extractions: OUSD Urban Dreams Video Library The Urban Dreams Video Project sent filmmakers into Oakland Public High School classrooms to mentor teachers and students during the production of videos about human or civil rights and/or social justice. Descriptions of the projects were written by the student filmmakers while developing the concepts for their video projects. The Urban Dreams Video Project is an Urban Dreams Technology Innovation Challenge Grant and Youth Media Project under the auspices of the Oakland Unified School District. Below you will find links to Quicktime versions of the student filmmakers' work socially conscious video projects which focus on issues important to Oakland youth. All clips require Quicktime CRNN: Civil Rights News Now
