Since the colonial times in America, an estimated 15,269 people have been executed by the death penalty. Today, there is a debate around the use of the death penalty; whether it is just, worth the costs, and an effective deterrent of crime.  Racism in Capital punishment To understand the perspectives on the death penalty, it […]

Explain the issue you will address in your brief and how it is an intervention in a policy discussion I will address the issue of unconstitutionally banning books from schools in my issue brief. It would serve as an intervention because I will call for policies to be enacted that provide clarity to the issues […]

Create a solid information base: In our deliberation, I think that each person curated a solid, heavily researched background on their approach. The research gave us the educational backgrounds that enabled us to moderate the discussion effectively. This includes creating on-the-spot probing questions to further and deepen the deliberation. I think that this was one […]

History of Interrogations in the U.S. Interrogation in the United States has faced many eras of reform. When interrogation was first used, violence and torture were common strategies to obtain a confession. However, in 1936 the Supreme Court ruled (after Brown vs Mississippi) that confessions produced by violent interrogations would no longer count as evidence. […]