10- Francis the pope and the Capital Punishment

Robert J. Smith, Humane Criminal Justice Is Not Hopeless. SEPT. 28 2015 , web, Slate. The Slate Group.


Pope Francis addresses Congress

• The global abolition of the death penalty. 
• The New Testament’s Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” 
• Infuse more dignity and hope into America’s criminal justice system. 
• The responsability to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development. 
• Every life is sacred. 
• Every human person is endowed with an inalienable dignity. 
• Society can only benefit from the rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes.

9. Real cases of men sentenced to death.

"Postergaron la inyección letal a un afroamericano que esperó 20 años". Tiempo Argentino. n/p, October 6th 2015.(web)

Available at: http://tiempo.infonews.com/nota/65003 

Arguments:

• Racism might be the cause of his sentence.
• Irregularities in the process of judgement make the trial doubtful.
• The murder weapon was never found.
• The court seem to be acting in an inhuman manner.
• The lethal injection is painful.
• The witnesses had been forced to choose Davis as the murderer.
• The witnesses changed their positions afterthe trial.

"Llega a los cines la historia de Víctor Hugo Saldaño, el argentino condenado a muerte en Texas". Telam Espectáculos. Telam SE, April 28th, 2015. (web) October 1st 2015.

Available at: http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201504/103149-la-historia-de-saldano-el-argentino-condenado-a-muerte-en-texas-llega-a-los-cines.html

Key concepts: Documentary, death row, 18 years, American judicial system, alcohol, drugs, murder, poverty, latin american people, discrimination, crushing evidence, subdued, forced, mother, victim, forgotten case, intrinsic relation between USA and Argentina, strategy.

8 - Jeremy Irons against death penalty

Key concepts and phrases: crime rates, capital punishment, human rights, the right to life is inallienable, torture, legal counsel, economical disadvantage, those without the mony get the punishment.

Arguments

Counter-arguments

1.       Crime rates are not lower in countries in which death penalty is used. 2.       The capital punishment is usually applied to those who can't afford good legal counsel. 3.       Death penalty provokes an irreversible damage. 4.       Death penalty against human rights not only because it violates the right to life but also because the waiting time tortures people psychologically. 5.       Human rights draw a line between what is ethical and what is not. 6.       Revange or justice cannot justify the violation of the accused's human rights. 7.       Those in favour of death penalty can also be considered as murderers.

1.       Crime rates can be reduced if death penalty as a punishment. 2.       Rich people have been submitted to the capital punishment as well. 3.       The death penalty implies an economical advantage. 4.         5.       The person who kills crosses the ethic line.

7- Mindmap

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