The death penalty like abortion is a very controversial issue that most people like to avoid bringing up in conversation. In explaining my views I am in no way trying to change anyone else’s or trying to push my views onto others. This is just why I believe in the death penalty.
When we watched [...]
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The Death Penalty
Posted in Course readings, Uncategorized on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
Posted in Course readings on November 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With the responsibility of presenting the novel, Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman, to our FSP class last week, I went on the web in search of some supporting statistics and facts to help enhance our presentation. What I found literally made me sick. The numbers and specifics are just horrifying. For instance, today, [...]
On a Personal Note…
Posted in Course readings on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
While we are all voicing our opinions on the death penalty in either blogs or comments, I’d like to back up my opposition to the death penalty with an anecdote from my life that I am dealing with now. As many of you know, a close friend of mine was killed in a car accident. [...]
Elaine Bartlett
Posted in Course readings on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Video from our presentation:
Continuation Death Penalty: trying to see it from the eyes of the hurt
Posted in Course readings on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I would like to say that I am not pretending to understand the emotional burden these families face because I pretended that someone killed my mother. I am not naive enough to believe that my fake emotions can ever amount to what I would truly feel under that situation but I do believe that even [...]
Death Penalty: trying to see it from the eyes of the hurt
Posted in Course readings on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I was watching the movie Dead Man Walking I was trying to think of what I would feel like if I were the teenagers’ parent. When I was in class the whole time I was trying to picture my mother or sister being killed by this man would I then be against [...]
Not-So-Happy Ending
Posted in Course readings on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want to start out by saying that Elaine Bartlett is an undoubtedly strong woman who pushed for clemency until she received it, maintained a job while on parole, survived parole without returning back to prison, and the hardships she faced in sixteen years some people may never see in one lifetime. Gonnerman made [...]
Is Reform in the Future?
Posted in Course readings on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After I finished Life on the Outside I tried to find as much material abbot Elaine Bartlett as I could, specifically, I wanted to see one of her speeches at a rally. I wanted to see the emotion, and the enthusiasm, of Elaine as she told her story, and spoke about the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [...]
Death Taking Human Form
Posted in Course readings on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week in class we spent most of the time watching the movie “Dead Man Walking.” Originally a book, the movie reveals an insider look into the path a prison inmate must take on death row. About a young man put on trial for two counts of murder and one of rape, the villain becomes [...]
Person standing next to you in line at Shoprite or ex-convict?
Posted in Course readings on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the strangest things that Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman has brought up is the fact that although we don’t realize it, America is entrenched by ex-convicts. In my opinion this is a very scary issue because the fact that someone has gone to prison means that they have done something terribly wrong [...]
