"Does Nikolas Cruz Deserve to Die?" Period 2 by Julie Moyer https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt Quote the line your group decided was important. Explain its significance. en-us 2019-01-25 15:12:04 UTC 2019-01-25 16:09:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Dakota, Chloe, Owen, Garrett https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374347 “This is certainly the kind of case the death penalty was designed for,” says Michael Satz, the prosecutor in Broward County, where the massacre occurred.
This passage is important because it is part of the most recent reason the debate is happening. It also explains the side of the death penalty not being abolished, but it is also leaning to one side. This passage can be very easily debated by both sides]]> 2019-01-25 15:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374347 Mitchell Diego Cash Ryan “People sentenced to life in prison do sometimes kill again, either in prison or by ordering an execution on the outside, and sometimes they do escape,” he says. “But people who have been executed never kill again.” https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374396 The meaning of this quote is the only way to stop killing is to kill the killer.]]> 2019-01-25 15:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374396 Emma, Dexter, Sawyer, Katelyn https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374572  Opposition to the death penalty has been growing in the U.S. Nineteen states have abolished capital punishment. In fact, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and New Mexico did so in the past decade. New Hampshire’s legislature voted this year to abolish the death penalty, but the governor vetoed the measure. For some states, the high cost of carrying out death sentences has been a factor. 

It points out the opposition to the death penalty. It shows that less and less people are comfortable with the death penalty. in the world. It is saying that the US should abolish it because so many other people have come to their senses in a way.
]]> 2019-01-25 15:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374572 “Virtually no democracy in the world has the death penalty, except the United States,” says Jordan Steiker, a law professor at the University of Texas who’s written a book on the death penalty. Most other countries that use capital punishment are autocratic regimes or countries that use it to punish high crimes such as treason, he says. Jarek, Elaina, Will https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374727 This paragraph is important because we are the only democracy in the world to use the death penalty. This could influence the Supreme Court's decision as to whether or not capital punishment is constitutional. ]]> 2019-01-25 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324374727 https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324375356 2019-01-25 16:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324375356 Matthew, Tyler, Jenna https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324379346 "The tension between these points of view reflects the broader debate over the ethics and usefulness of capital punishment. Should the government put people to death? Does the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment,” allow it? And is death the right punishment for the worst crimes?"

It gives an unbiased overview of the article and gives good information about what people think.]]> 2019-01-25 16:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer11/c00o99l1jegt/wish/324379346