RAND California Policy Bulletin (Vol. 3, No. 1) Jan 10, 2000 To encourage high school students to pursue science and technology Currently law provides for the application of the death penalty where one or more http://ca.rand.org/statebulls/bulletins/xstatebull301.html
Extractions: Volume 3, Issue 1, (January 10, 2000) In This Issue: State Legislature Returns to Sacramento Assembly Leadership Announces Speakership Transition Governor Davis Addresses Legislature with State of the State Measure Proposes Limits on Release of Personal Data ... Legislative Analyst Warns of Fiscal Gap in State Transportation Account State Legislature Returns to Sacramento Members of the State Assembly and the State Senate returned to Sacramento Monday, January 3rd to begin the second year of work of the 1999-2000 Legislative Session. Hundreds of bills held over from 1999 await action, some of which must clear key legislative hurdles by the end of January in order to remain in play. Those bills which fail to move out of their house of origin (Assembly bills must be passed to the Senate, and Senate bills must be passed to the Assembly), or are considered "dead" and may not be acted upon. In addition to bills introduced last year, legislators began the process of introducing legislation to be acted upon this year as well. Bills may be introduced through February 21st, and may not be amended or heard in committee for 30 days following the date of introduction. Return to Table of Contents Assembly Leadership Announces Speakership Transition In December, Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles) announced an agreed upon transition of power in the Assembly Speakership. The Assembly will conduct a vote on January 24th to elect a new Speaker, who will take the reins of the leadership post in late April. Hertzberg undoubtedly will be elected to take the post, as the Democratic Caucus enjoys the benefit of 47 members, and he is the agreed upon choice of the Caucus. Forty-one votes are necessary to elect a Speaker. Currently, there are 47 Democrats, 32 Republicans, and 1 Independent members of the Assembly.
Sister Helen Prejean and has taught junior and senior high school students. Dead Man Walking An Eyewitness Account of the death penalty in the United States was number http://www.prejean.org/
Extractions: www.grantguerrero.com Due to Hurricane Katrina, Sister Helen and her staff have evacuated from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, LA. Sister Helen's home and office have been flooded, along with all the files and contact numbers. If you have an event scheduled for 2005 or 2006, please call our new office at 225-775-8814 or email us at hprejean@earthlink.net . We do have a list of the events and their dates, but no contact information. All participants for the 2005-2006 school year that are participating in the DEAD MAN WALKING School Theatre Play Project, please contact Sister Maureen at 225-615-0066. She has also lost all files in the office flood. NEWS In May 2005, Sister Helen received the Peace Prize of the City of Ypres. Awarded every three years by the Belgian city of Ypres, the Peace Prize recognizes those who have made important contributions to peace on earth.
Service Reflects On Death Penalty - The Observer - News This group, which began in 1968 as a small group of high school students in Rome, The prayer service was part of a series included in death penalty http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/news/2005/02/25/News/Service.Reflects.On.Death.Pena
Extractions: The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's document.write(currentissuemonthname + ' ' + currentissueday + ', ' + currentissueyear); var story_id = 877854; Home News By Jen Rowling Published: Friday, February 25, 2005 The Community of Sant'Egidio held a special prayer service Thursday night at the Log Chapel to pray for and reflect upon those sentenced to the death penalty.
Prison Activist Resource Center: Curriculum are designed primarily for high school students to provide information, This segment examines the history of the death penalty in the United States, http://www.prisonactivist.org/curriculum/
Extractions: If you can see this message you have disabled JavaScript. The webpage below may therefore be poorly formatted. We are currently trying to assess if using JavaScript on our pages (in the limited way we use it) is a problem for many of you who visit our site. Please enable JavaScript and email us at parc@prisonactivist.org to let us know if this was an inconvenience. Thanks! The PARC webcrew. ALERTS! Student Organizing Publications En Espanol ... Donate NOW AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION! PARC is proud to announce our four-part Prison Issues Curriculum. These educational presentations are designed primarily for high school students to provide information, stimulate discussion, and inspire action and community involvement. Each segment - comes as a packet with instructions for activities, a listing of resources for students, and extensive materials about each topic. The presentations are designed to be taught not only by teachers but educators and activists in all settings. For more information, contact:
RFK MEMORIAL Journalism Award Domestic Radio Winner Testing DNA and the death penalty Inside Out by high school Broadcast Winner Opportunities produced by students at Texas http://www.rfkmemorial.org/journ_award/35th_Winners.htm
Hemp Library: Hemp Prohibition In Japan Some 8.3 percent of senior high school students in urban areas are interested in He is the first foreigner to be given the death penalty since capital http://www.taima.org/en/hemplib4.htm
Extractions: Industrial Hemp in Japan (1999) "Youth drug abuse increasing, with marijuana topping list" Drugs are steadily becoming a serious problem in Japan. It is not only that more people are abusing drugs, but also that the abusers are getting younger. [The following paragraphs discuss 'stimulant drugs' (amphetamines) which account for 90% of all drug arrests or 15,000-17,000 per year, which are no longer sold only by yakuza but also by illegal aliens.] The most notable increase of drug-related arrests among young people is being seen in marijuana, which has become "fashionable" and is regarded as a "way to make friends" among young people, said Yoko Akimoto, chief of the Narcotics License Subsection in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Pharmaceutical Affairs Division. Tokyo accounts for 40 percent of 1,555 marijuana arrests in Japan last year, 72 percent of which were of suspects less than 30 years old. "People should have correct knowledge about the negative side of drugs, including its
Award Recipients (leadershipforchange.org) Through CEDP, prisoners, high school and university students, activists, The death penalty still exists in Illinois, but the CEDP campaign helped change http://leadershipforchange.org/awardees/awardee.php3?ID=214
Death Penalty Information, High School Curriculum An interactive exploration of capital punishment, including arguments for and against, issues of ethics and justice surrounding the death penalty, http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/
Introduction: High School Curriculum On The Death Penalty Welcome to our high school Curriculum on the death penalty student site. The death penalty in the United States has always been a controversial issue, http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/intro.htm
Extractions: Welcome to our High School Curriculum on the Death Penalty student site. The death penalty in the United States has always been a controversial issue, and recent developments concerning the death penalty have once again returned the issue to the public sphere. This Web site and its accompanying materials are designed to assist both teachers and students in an exploration of capital punishment, presenting arguments for and against its use, as well as issues of ethics and justice that surround it. Students will find an innovative and interactive Web site that is ideally suited for classroom use involving group work, class discussions, and independent reflection. However, students doing independent projects may also use the site. Teachers: If you are interested in curriculum planning, please complete this short form requesting access to lesson plans and explanatory material. Plugins Needed Two sections of the Web site require the Macromedia Flash plugin: Stages in a Capital Case and Interactive U.S. Maps. The Flash plugin is built in to many browsers and can be downloaded for free from
Death Penalty Links Executing the Innocent death penalty Information high school (December 13, 2001); Short pro-death penalty opinion term paper from high school student http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/links/dplinks.htm
Extractions: Add URL, report dead links, suggestions, comments, contact Steve Stewart: prosatty@aye.net Top 10% Pro-Death Penalty.Com (Justice For All) A comprehensive pro-death penalty site with articles, links, and up-to-date death penalty info and news. Wesley Lowe's Pro-Death Penalty Homepage Thoughtful pro-death penalty essay addressing arguments re: deterrence, cost, racism, DP vs LWOP, morality, christianity, constitutionality, and risk of wrongful executions. Clark County Indiana Prosecuting Attorney Comprehensive information on the Death Penalty in Indiana, including statistics, executions since 1900, current death row (with photos), Indiana death penalty laws, history, and methods of execution, with factual and legal summaries of all death penalty cases since 1977; Up-to-date information on the Death Penalty in the United States; Almost 2,000 death penalty links arranged by subject, including 100+ pro-death penalty links. The Bible's Teaching on Capital Punishment by Logos Christian Resources.
DC Students Gather For Teen Summit On Capital Punishment On Friday, May 17, 2002, students from Washington, DCarea high schools gathered their personal experiences with the death penalty and answered student http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=58&did=550
ACLU NEWS - Student Conference I use to be real big on the death penalty, said Greg Wilhoit, at Alhambra high school and the fight against censorship of student publications. http://www.aclunc.org/aclunews/news32001/student.html
Extractions: On the campus of San Jose State University on March 29, the audience for the ACLU-NC Say What!! Spring Conference was pregnant with vision and insight, the ideas of youth activists and conference participants were nourished, and eyes were opened. More than 800 students from schools all over northern California filed through the hallways of the student union, with anticipation. Some were there for the first time, others were back for the second or third. They were greeted by Firme, a Latin ska band from San Jose, and the quartet, Baktun 12, whose spoken word sketches and poetry about government manipulation and drug fixation were enough to awaken the activist in all of us. The students heard from a panel four students who have fought against injustices on their school campuses. George Loomis, who encountered some of the most horrific degradation at Golden West High School in Visalia because of his sexual orientation. This brutal harassment not only came from students who spit on him, but also from a teacher, who taunted him and called him a "faggot" in class. The crowd gave Loomis a standing ovation. His courage and inspiration made a perfect segway into the two sessions of workshops that followed, many of which dealt with discrimination. Workshops such as State Sanctioned Murder, Prisoners' Rights, GLBTQ Rights and Resources, Tracking in Schools, and United or Divided: Is Your School Promoting Cultural Awareness? And Clinic Rights gave students insights into the criminal justice system and disparities in educational opportunities.
Site Provides High School Death Penalty Curriculum The death penalty Information Center, in conjunction with the Michigan State University Comm Tech Lab Site Provides high school death penalty Curriculum http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A4225.cfm
Extractions: Site Provides High School Death Penalty Curriculum The Death Penalty Information Center, in conjunction with the Michigan State University Comm Tech Lab, has prepared Internet-based curriculum on capital punishment so that educators can bring this timely topic into the classroom. The tool uses capital punishment to teach students critical thinking skills, group decision making, persuasive writing and civic responsibility. Using exercises such as role-playing, written reports, quick-writes, learning journals and simulations, the curriculum engages students interests and allows them to thoughtfully consider the central issues concerning the death penalty. The curriculum also offers separate teacher ( http://teacher.deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu ) and student ( http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu ) Web sites, two 10-day lesson plans, teacher overviews and objectives that meet national standards. In addition, the curriculum available online has been used by the American Bar Associations Division for Public Education as a resource for teachers and students. It has also been used as a Capital Punishment Education Program by teachers in Washington, D.C. Stephen R. Greenwald, president of Audrey Cohen College, said in a news release: Its a wonderful resource for teachers and students, and is especially useful in helping young people examine their own beliefs and begin to form an opinion on this issue.
Task2 high school WebQuest Tasks (ages 1518) death penalty Quest An Unsolved Mystery What are your kids watching TV or No TV The Holocaust http://www.nelliemuller.com/task2.htm
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Falmouth High School abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners The Crest is the high school s yearbook and is open to any student http://www.falmouthschools.org/hs/clubsActivities.cfm
Extractions: Woman's Literary Union AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Amnesty International is an impartial, worldwide movement of people acting on the conviction that governments must not deny individuals their basic human rights.The main focus of its work is to: The major function of the Falmouth High School Amnesty International chapter is letter writing in support of individual prisoners of conscience. Under Amnesty's Urgent Action program, we receive requests for letters in support of prisoners of conscience. Letters are written and sent to heads of state and other government officials as suggested by Amnesty. Fund raising to pay for air mail postage and stationery is also an important activity of the local group. Astronomy Club The function of this club is to provide students with the opportunity to experience some of the wonders of the Cosmos in a first-hand, hands-on way. Club activities include celestial observation, field trips and in-school meetings. Presently, the club has the use of one 10-inch and three 6-inch Newtonian reflecting telescopes. With the arrival of the new dark room, astrophotography will be added as a component for 1997. Participation is not limited to members, and it is common to see parents and other community members at "Star Parties."
NCADP National Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty As it came time to consider high school I was one of a number of African Even then, there was a distinction between support for the death penalty and http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/pressRelease.jsp?key=54&t=
As New Lawyers, They'll Challenge Death Penalty Tarver was initiated into death penalty activism at a young age. She was a high school student in Mobile, Ala., writing her college entrance essays when she http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol21/vol21_iss27/record2127.24.html
Extractions: Photograph : Patrick Goodman. Photo Credit: Eileen Barroso. Julia Tarver and Patrick Goodman are two Law students who know exactly what they want to do after they graduate today: eliminate the death penalty in the United States. The pair have already worked on the defense of high profile death penalty cases while students at the Law School; and together, they've logged in nearly 1,600 hours of death penalty pro bono work in the last two years. While their hours are impressive, the pair represent just two examples of the many extraordinary public service efforts of today's law graduates. In 1993, Columbia became the first leading law school to create a mandatory pro bono program, which requires that all students perform a minimum of 40 hours of public service work in order to graduate. Today's graduating class represents the first class to be subject to the requirement. About 60 percent of the students, Tarver and Goodman included, chose to go well beyond the required 40 hours to fulfill their commitment. Goodman, president of the Law School's Capital Punishment Coalition, put in a total of 1,150 hours working for the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center in New Orleans, under the direction of death penalty defense attorney Clive Stafford Smith, Law '84. One particular case Goodman work on involved the defense of Nick Ingram, a British citizen who was executed in Georgia last year.
Death Penalty Focus death penalty Focus believes that families of murder victims would benefit She was an outstanding student, graduating as high school valedictorian and http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=victims
