Death Penalty Research Question

Is the Death Penalty a violation of human rights?


Is capital punishment a better crime deterrent then life in prison?



Is capital punishment cruel and unusual or is it okay to deny an individual this right for the betterment of society?

Maxed Out: Documentary

Death Penalty Research

1.   I am interested in researching whether the death penalty is a violation of human rights. I find this interesting because I see the basic ideas from both sides of the argument to have valid points.

2.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/death-sentences-and-executions-in-2009

http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/death-sentences-and-executions-in-2009/americas

http://usliberals.about.com/od/deathpenalty/i/DeathPenalty.htm

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/deathpenalty/i/death_penalty.htm

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/death_penalty.htm

3.

 Why does capital punishment cost more than keeping perpetrators in jail their whole life?

Which is believed to be worse punishment for the perpetrator, capital punishment or life in prison?

Why the death penalty is not allowed in only some parts of the U.S.? Why is it not consistent throughout the U.S.?

Maus 2 1st half

I feel like a bunch of questions were made were partially answered or completely agreed upon. I found the book to be really interesting and the discussion for the most part to be pretty bland and boring. The book i thought was very interesting and at the end of part 2 left you wanting to read more of part 3. The most interesting part of the discussion was when david brought up a guard tower outside the window on pg 41. i hadnt noticed it and found it interesting that the author felt trapped with recontting the memories of auschwitz.

Issues in the Congo

The first article i read dealt with many problems with protecting civilians on the eastern border of the Congo. Ihe government has been unable to protect the people of the Congo. Thus the U.N has been forced to intervene.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/26/congo-un-conflict-civilians
The second article was about a congo rebel leader who was arrested and is being charged for the rape of around 300 people. It further goes on to explain how hard it is right now for the Congolese government to protect its own people. This also leads to exploitation and manipualtion taking place throughout the country.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013081935_congo06.html?syndication=rss

I believe that colonialism is a very minor factor in the current situation. The problem is that the they are unable to protect their own people. This is not because of issues from colonialism, but because of problems in organization and technology

Discussion Reflection

I found that I am left wondering about how it would be different scenario in common day. I am left wondering whether at this age of supposive enlightenment whether we can be manipulated in seeing a race and or country as inferior, and feel like we can civilize and rebuild them the correct way. I feel like that it is possible for people to manipulated even in todays age.

Chapter 1 Congo Stuff

In chapter 1 King Leopold has hired  stanley morton to continue with his humanitarian work, but to also sign treaties witht the people of the congo. Overall he came to rule the Congo and when it ended up becoming an independent country King Leopold had full control of the country. I found this to be kinda slow at start, but it kinda got interesting as you saw King Leopold gain more and more control of the Congo.

Two questions I have are
-What is King Leopolds Motive besides natural resources in the Congo
-How will King Leopold fend off the European powers who want parts of Africa

End of Class Thoughts

I am interested in learning more about the wars between the countries where imperlism took place

I thought it was interesting about how some saw it as being humanitarian view of imperilism

In Class Current Events

1. What's being discussed in this article? The article is discussing china's one child law that is in effect for around 40% of china. a law lecturer was fired for having more then one baby and it has created more discussion about the one child law. Scientist argue that the average children per family will decrease if the 1 child law is scrapped.
2. When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?) He was fired in March and this article is from August so it isn't breaking news, but it has not been analyzed for to long period of time
3. What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event? I want to see more research on the fertility rate and how it varies and then learn more about the 1 child law and its validity and its change in fertility rate over time.