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Writing assignments
Essay #1, “Who’s on Death Row, Public Opinion, and
Deterrence,” due March 4, 2003
Essay #2, “Death Penalty Jurisprudence,” due April
1, 2003
Essay #3, “Systemic Problems in the Administration
of Justice,” due April 29, 2003
Final essay, “Death Penalty in America,” due May 19,
2003
Reading assignments
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Tuesday, January 28 |
Introduction |
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Thursday, January 30 |
Film: Judgment at Midnight |
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Tuesday, February 4 |
Read Bedau, pp. 3-25, and handout |
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Thursday, February 6 |
Read Bedau, pp. 26-35 |
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Tuesday, February 11 |
Read Bedau, pp. 55-77 |
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Thursday, February 13 |
Read Bedau, pp. 84-124 |
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Tuesday, February 18 |
NO CLASS – Monday schedule |
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Thursday, February 20 |
Read Bedau, pp. 127-156 |
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Tuesday, February 25 |
Read Bedau, pp. 162-182 |
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Thursday, February 27 |
Internet report #1 due |
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Tuesday, March 4 |
Essay #1 due; Film: A View to a Kill |
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Thursday, March 6 |
Read Bedau, pp. 183-195, and Furman (course packet & website) |
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Tuesday, March 11 |
Read Bedau, 196-213 |
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Thursday, March 13 |
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Tuesday, March 18 |
S P R I N G |
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Thursday, March 20 |
B R E A K |
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Tuesday, March 25 |
Read Bedau, pp. 249-274 |
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Thursday, March 27 |
Read Atkins (course packet & website) |
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Tuesday, April 1 |
Essay #2 due; guest speaker, Chaplain David Thom |
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Thursday, April 3 |
Read Bedau, pp. 275-309 |
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Tuesday, April 8 |
Bedau, pp. 319-332, “Capital Murder: a Prosecutor’s Observations” |
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Thursday, April 10 |
Read Bedau, pp. 333-343 |
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Tuesday, April 15 |
Read Bedau, pp. 344-360; “Capital Attrition: Error Rates” |
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Thursday, April 17 |
Read Bedau, pp. 361-383 |
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Tuesday, April 22 |
Read Bedau, pp. 401-413; “Cost of Gilbert Trial” “Cost of Trials” |
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Thursday, April 24 |
Guest speaker, Scott Hornoff |
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Tuesday, April 29 |
Essay #3 due |
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Thursday, May 1 |
Read Dead Man Walking, pp. 1-115 |
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Tuesday, May 6 |
Read Dead Man Walking, pp. 116-245 |
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Thursday, May 8 |
No reading; guest speaker, Sr. Annette McDermott |
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Tuesday, May 13 |
Internet report #3 due |
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Monday, May 19 |
Final essay due by 5 PM in Legal Studies office |