Current Event Debate (con)

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/opinion/bloodsworth-death-penalty/

Who?
Edward Lee Elmore
What?
Wrongly accused man put on death penalty
When?
August 9, 1984 (crime)  June 28, 1993 (released) 
Where?
Cambridge, Maryland
Why?
I chose this article because it supports one of the anti death penalty arguments, that a person put on death row may be wrongly accused. Elmore was convicted of the rape and murder of a 9-year old girl and sentenced to death, even though he did not commit the crime. DNA testing proved him to be innocent and he was released afar 9 years on death row, but had he been killed he would have been killed for no reason. It is almost always impossible to tell with out a doubt that a person has committed a crime, so there will always be a chance that the person being killed is innocent.

Native American Project Power Point Link

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IBShkKgY3BYDX_IPBgDCewziDW0o-QHkNmOA1MtUyDA/edit#slide=id.p

Fifth Amendment

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/2014/09/09/Texas-man-s-conviction-overturned-because-of-Fifth-Amendment-violation/stories/201409090224

Who?
Texas man and police
What?
Drug charges
When?
2013
Where?
Texas

Why?
After being sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2013, Gathon Shannon of Houston, Texas, was given a new trial. The 48 year old man was accused of being apart of drug (cocaine) distribution, and even though he was originally convicted, federal courts overturned his sentence when it showed that his fifth amendment right against self incrimination had been violated. The prosecution unlawfully cross-examined him about his silence after being arrested. It seems that Shannon could walk free on discrepancies over his personal rights.