Katrina's third Response

Hey phoebe, your blog has a great start with some shocking information. When I was reading your blog I noticed that you added in some of the personal effects of this punishment as well as an artricle on a man who changed his accusation after getting to know the murderer. This is an interesting view on the topic that you might remember was explored in the book In Cold Blood that we read with Mrs. Morris.

used for weight control and for boosting sports performance and energy, is also linked to a risk for heart attack and stroke. - RESPONCE

Ahhh this article was scary-- it was really more on this new drug "ephedra" that is used in diet medicine, but I wanted to include it in my blog because it shows yet ANOTHER factor that comes into play when dealing with capital punishment: temporary insanity due to drug or other substance over dose. I am basically collecting as much information on the different reasons to relieve someone of capital punishment as possible, and this adds to the list. On a slightly different note, perhaps ephedra should be outlawed? It seems to me that that is common sense here; anything that can cause that much damage should not be allowed on market. I was wondering, do the same laws apply to people who are Under the Influence? Aka, can being drunk be classified as temporarily insane? It would be interesting to find out.

DEATH PENALTY: DA guided by report of diet drug: Man charged with murdering police officer in '03 gets life without parole... (article#7)

A man weighing in at more than 300 pounds in Atlanta, Georgia is not going to be sentenced to the death penalty because of a diet drug he is taking containing the chemical ephedra. Ephedra is known to sometimes "aggravated existing psychosis when taken in significant doses." Ephedra is used to control weight and boost sports performance and energy and is linked to a risk for heart attack and stroke. Why anyone would take it with the risk of insanity, heart attack, stroke, and psychotic murder is beyond me, but the point is that he was let off because of "temporary insanity", which was one of the aspects I was looking at for reasons not to apply the death sentence to every situation.

Jackson's 3rd response

Phoebe; your topic is very intriguing! It seems like you are really interested in learning about capital punishment from lots of different standpoints, which is good. All of your citations and notes and everything are well organized and well written. This might be kind of out there for your topic, but I can suggest looking at different philosopher's views on capital punishment, like I know that Ghandi talked frequently about it; and maybe how "an eye for an eye" is portrayed in the Bible. I don't know, but its really good so far.

Graading Thoughts: Chaunceys Thoughts

Phoebe, I like your blog. I think that you should compare the cost of keeping a criminal alive to what it costs for Capital Punishment.
I think Michael Moore did a movie on capital punishment. But that's all I can think of.
For your interview, you should look up a senator or something and see what there opinion is.

Hayden Response to Phoebe

Hey Phoebe.  Your info and stuff is pretty awesome and your citations seemed to be in order.  It's all looking great . . . . yeeeaaaah . . . that's all I can say . . . . You might be able to inter view someone who did that stuff at a jail.  OH!  You should read The Green Mile, also!