MUST POST CURRENT EVENT FOR 1/26-1/30 ON TURNITIN.COM
Current Event guidelines for 2015
Directions: Your weekly current event is no longer filling in a form. You will free write your summary, reaction, opinion, and connection to Civics in two paragraphs.
Requirements:
- Article title:
- Article date:
- Summary/reaction/opinion/connection: TWO PARAGRAPHS (10 sentences minimum)
- Provide a proper MLA citation of the article:
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Document.” Page or site name. Document date. Full web address (Date of access)
Example:
Dohms, Elizabeth. “U.S. Supreme Court Could Determine Marriage Rights in Wisconsin.” The Chippewa Herald. 9 Feb 2014. http://chippewa.com/news/local/u-s-supreme-court-could-determine-marriage-rights-in-wisconsin/article_c160db9d-e37e-54a7-a128-5ee809d8b073.html (9 Feb 2014)
Student example:
Article Title: "Man cleared of murder after 19 years in prison"
Article Date: February 21, 2014
The American justice system is arguably the most credible justice system in the world, but it is certainly not perfect. In 1994, Sabien Burgess was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Michelle Dorsy. It took law enforcement officials 19 years before they found faults in their original conviction. At the time of his arrest, Sabien was found with a chemical substance on his hands that, when tested, came back as positive for gun powder. However, the justice system released Sabien in 2014 on the grounds that the chemical substance could've been from him actually holding his dead girlfriend in his hands, as opposed to him holding the gun itself. Sabien was wrongly convicted of the murder of Dorsy and now has to fit back into the mold of society despite his innocence.
Law enforcement officials are not always the most reliable source. Sometimes, officials do not delve into the case enough and simply arrest the "obvious" person to arrest, such as whomever was closest to the victim, without even considering anyone else.
This case can be connected to the case of Dwight Dexter, in the sense that because Dexter was the last person to see Floyd Babb alive, he was automatically convicted, though anyone could've killed Babb. Law enforcement officials didn't dig deep enough into the case for Dexter to be proven innocent. The American justice system is great is some aspects, but when it comes to who's innocent and who's guilty, there is some much-needed room for improvement.
Duncan, Ian." Man cleared of murder after 19 years in prison." Baltimore Sun. 6 March 2014.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-21/news/bs-md-ci-murder-conviction-challenge-20140221_1_burgess-new-trial-residue (6 March 2014)
