Death penalty, right or wrong. Moral implications by Jorge Morales https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls Jorge Morales en-us 2021-05-15 10:21:14 UTC 2026-01-06 20:03:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Article #1:The Overwhelming Evidence Against the Death Penalty 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1550587648 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWUc6YZw_lRzITIaj0V-u6X26iWqL9k2U3In6xjQr3c/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2021-05-22 22:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1550587648 Research questions #1 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1555625366 1) Why are there so many botched executions.

Questions the article answers:


  1. What examples does the author provide to show that all methods of execution used in the United States carry a risk of failure?
  2. According to Sarat, what factors have contributed to the unreliability of lethal injection as a method of execution?
  3. Do you agree with the author that the percentage of botched executions in the United States warrants the elimination of the death penalty altogether? Why or why not?
  4. What percent of lethal injections are botched?
  5. What percent of electrocutions are botched.

Research Path (where to next):
1)What was the purpose of the death penalty.
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Questions the article answers:


  1. According to the author, why do some anti-abortion activists oppose criminal punishments for women who have abortions?
  2. Other than charging women with a crime, what examples does the author provide that show how anti-abortion lawmakers have punished women for seeking abortions?
  3. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s claim that people who equate abortion with murder consider women as mere hosts whose lives are less valuable than the possible future life they carry? Explain your answer.

  4. Why do conservatives dislike abortion?
  5. What is so bad about abortion?

Research Path (where to next):
1) Why is the death penalty the worst possible punishment?
]]> 2021-05-26 04:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1560203430 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564115376  ]]> 2021-05-27 06:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564115376 Article #3 The Death Penalty Is Too Costly for Society 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564284084 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1814e_TZ4ZyFl3LJ9iF1GN8tJVGhaYPYaQmIJ0EJjdjE/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2021-05-27 07:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564284084 Research questions #3 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564380460 1)What does a death penalty case cost?

Questions the article answers:

1. Which is more expensive the death penalty or life in prison?

2.What is a plea bargain?

3. Do people take the Plea bargains a lot?

4. Is it ethical to give someone a death sentence hoping they will take a plea bargain?

5. What percent of those sentenced to death are executed?

Research Path (where to next):
1) Why is there a death sentence if its morally wrong and more expensive ten having them serve life in prison?]]> 2021-05-27 07:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564380460 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564453711  ]]> 2021-05-27 08:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564453711 Article #4 The Catholic Church Opposes the Death Penalty. Why Don’t White Catholics?Citation metadata 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564457497 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gU2bY_KPmWTG_Sz0wcg5J_gnB4aPKwSvgnCJnAdIfTo/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2021-05-27 08:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564457497 Research questions #4 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564461307 1)Why is the catholic church against the death penalty but not the Catholics?

Questions the article answers:


  1. What evidence does Bruenig introduce to prove that capital punishment in the United States is racially biased?
  2. What reasons does the author present to show that Catholic Church values have consistently respected human life?
  3. Do you agree with the author’s claim that a lack of trust exists between white Americans and Americans of color? Why or why not?

  4. Why do Hispanic Catholics disagree with the death penalty?
  5. Why do white Catholics agree with death penalty?


Research Path (where to next):
1) Is the death sentence racially guided?

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Questions the article answers:

1. Whats states abolished the death penalty?

2. What banned lethal injection exports?

3.How much of the population does the U.S have?

4. How much of prisons does the U.S have?

5. what type of people occupy the prisons.

Research Path (where to next):
1)Why are most prisoners sentenced with death minorities?]]> 2021-05-27 09:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564527000 1843982 https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564552128  ]]> 2021-05-27 09:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1843982/Balls/wish/1564552128