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Author: Nancy Day
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780766013704
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines both sides of the debate over whether teens under the age of eighteen should be sentenced to death for committing murder.
Author: Victor L. Streib
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work explores the history and current status of the American experience with the death penalty for juveniles. Part I provides an explanation of the legal issues involved, focusing on issues of constitutionality. Part II presents an overview of known juvenile executions. Part III describes American juvenile death sentencing practices in the 80's.
Author: Elaine Landau
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780894902970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the history of the death penalty in America, with an emphasis on its application to teenagers.
Author: Jeff Kunerth
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012-04-15
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 0813042895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn a cool Pensacola night in January 1991, just a few minutes before midnight, three teenagers pulled up to the Trout Auto Parts store. Patrick Bonifay, his body coursing with adrenaline, entered the store clad in a ski mask carrying a loaded gun, intent on carrying out a poorly laid plan. Little did he know that it was his life--as well as the lives of his companions--that was about to be forever changed. Bonifay, Clifford Barth, and Eddie Fordham were hired to kill Daniel Wells by Robin Archer, who blamed Wells for losing his job nine months prior. The plan was orchestrated by the then-twenty-seven-year-old Archer, who allegedly promised his seventeen-year-old nephew, Patrick, a suitcase full of money after the job was done. But Wells had called in sick that night, and an innocent man was covering his shift. In this shocking and thought-provoking volume, Jeff Kunerth recounts the events of that fateful night, the swift investigation of the murder, the trials and sentencing of the teens, and their subsequent lives within the Florida court and penal systems. Kunerth uses the story of the Trout Auto Parts murder and the lives of these boys to explore varying aspects of troubled adolescence, impulsive actions lasting but moments, and the national trend of trying juveniles as adults in court. They were boys every teenager can identify with and circumstances every parent fears. Their story provides a disturbing, sad, and compelling inside look at the dynamics of individuals--not yet adults, but no longer children--who commit senseless, impulsive crimes. Trout is that rare book that continues to haunt you long after you've finished reading it.
Author: Susan Kuklin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1466853417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo Choirboy takes readers inside America's prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices—raw and uncensored—they talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States. This is a searing, unforgettable read, and one that could change the way we think about crime and punishment. No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Author: JoAnn Bren Guernsey
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2009-09-01
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 0761340793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the history of execution, the process from sentencing to execution, moral issues involved in the death penalty, arguments for and against it, and the shrinking number of countries with it.
Author: Craig Symonette
Publisher: ACTA Publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeveloped to meet the expressed needs of catechists, youth ministers, and teachers, each of these new books focuses on a topic of high interest or urgent concern to teens today -- and views it in the light of our faith.Each book offers the components for an interactive presentation on one theme. Use all the components for a three-hour interactive session, or select just certain components to suit a shorter time frame for a class period or a program session.For Leaders: -- Directions, lesson outline -- Statement of objectives -- Presentation of Church teaching -- Suggestions for parent involvement -- Theme-related information from other disciplinesFor Teens: -- Icebreakers -- Faith-sharing stories, examples from life -- Suggestions for service, journaling, research, community involvement -- activities and games -- Prayer experiences -- Reproducible handouts
Author: Maurice Chammah
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2021-01-26
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1524760277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America “If you’re one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something can, this is a story of how it does.”—Anand Giridharadas, The New York Times Book Review WINNER OF THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS AWARD In 1972, the United States Supreme Court made a surprising ruling: the country’s death penalty system violated the Constitution. The backlash was swift, especially in Texas, where executions were considered part of the cultural fabric, and a dark history of lynching was masked by gauzy visions of a tough-on-crime frontier. When executions resumed, Texas quickly became the nationwide leader in carrying out the punishment. Then, amid a larger wave of criminal justice reform, came the death penalty’s decline, a trend so durable that even in Texas the punishment appears again close to extinction. In Let the Lord Sort Them, Maurice Chammah charts the rise and fall of capital punishment through the eyes of those it touched. We meet Elsa Alcala, the orphaned daughter of a Mexican American family who found her calling as a prosecutor in the nation’s death penalty capital, before becoming a judge on the state’s highest court. We meet Danalynn Recer, a lawyer who became obsessively devoted to unearthing the life stories of men who committed terrible crimes, and fought for mercy in courtrooms across the state. We meet death row prisoners—many of them once-famous figures like Henry Lee Lucas, Gary Graham, and Karla Faye Tucker—along with their families and the families of their victims. And we meet the executioners, who struggle openly with what society has asked them to do. In tracing these interconnected lives against the rise of mass incarceration in Texas and the country as a whole, Chammah explores what the persistence of the death penalty tells us about forgiveness and retribution, fairness and justice, history and myth. Written with intimacy and grace, Let the Lord Sort Them is the definitive portrait of a particularly American institution.
Author: Shirley Dicks
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeenage crime and violence are escalating at an alarming rate. Drugs and gangs are everywhere, and in many neighborhoods people are afraid to walk outside their homes. This hard-hitting book examines juvenile crime and its effects on victims, perpetrators, and their families. Editor Shirley Dicks, whose son, Jeff, is on death row, knows from personal experience how one senseless act can forever alter the lives of everyone involved. Dicks examines the problems of today's youths, the types of crimes committed, and suggestions to keep our young people from following the criminal path. Young Blood features writings by death-row inmates, family members of victims and perpetrators, religious and political figures, journalists, criminologists, and legal experts, along with information on programs designed to help young people who have gone astray. Intimate personal accounts reveal the fear and regret of death-row inmates as well as the horror and anxiety of their loved ones. In one moving chapter, a mother speaks candidly about the murder of her daughter and how she feels toward the murderer. Alternately grief-stricken and angry, she concludes that it is up to every citizen to play a part in helping our troubled children before they grow up to become gun-toting hoodlums. Young Blood advocates rehabilitation programs, a new national emphasis on broken families and the problems of youth, child care for single mothers, and an overhaul of the juvenile-justice system. Dicks calls for a distinction between justice and revenge, and offers a provocative, wrenching, yet realistic look at a problem that threatens the future of our society.
Author: Megan Manzano
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 1534502130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs capital punishment morally justified? Although the issue generates strong opinions, there are no easy answers when it comes to taking the life of a human being. Supporters of the death penalty believe it deters law-breaking and is the only punishment strong enough for horrific crimes such as child murder and genocide. Opponents argue that it violates human rights and point to its finality in the face of judicial system error and unfairness. This resource presents a fascinating progression of current viewpoints that reflect the many facets of the death penalty debate.
