Monday, December 5, 2011

Source 4

http://homicidesurvivors.com/2011/09/18/troy-davis-misleading-anti-death-penalty-campaign.aspx
This article is about a man named Troy Davis. It states that because of the data presented in the June 2010 hearing, it was clear that the federal district court would rule against Davis. People involved in the jury felt like the anti death penalty group were "fed a bunch of nonsense" by their leadership and they belived it. This article is basically an argument about wheather or not Davis is guily.

Source 1

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-trial-fire-did-texas-execute-innocent-man

.Summary: The state now has reason to belive that they executed an innocent man. Cameron Willingham was convicted and given the death penalty for killing his 3 children in a house fire. Cameron had eventually got tired of them saying he was guilty and wanted to avoid the death penalty so he said he did it when in reality he was innocent. After a couple of years Texas Forensic Science Commission reveived a report saying that Willingham was convicted on the basis of unsound testimony.

Central Argument: The state convicted and killed an innocent man.

Two Assertions:

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Source 3

Dose Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate

1. An argument between different people. Through out the article there are people who research stating why they agree that death penalty is bad. The articel states and supports that the death penalty

Friday, November 18, 2011

Source 2- To murder victims' families, executing killers is justice

1. A man killed 3 women and is finally caught and they don't know what punishment to give him so they decided dearth penalty. He was trying to argue but lost the argument, because as someone stated " Revenge would be going out and killing one of [ the murderer's ] family members, " Vicki Romano said. "the death penalty isn't revenge its the law."

2.The central argument is not showed, the author just shows 2 different sides of an argument. To  start a discussion.