Is profiling an acceptable crime fighting technique?

Read and discuss the following article.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/19/5419854/the-minority-report-this-computer-predicts-crime-but-is-it-racist

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**Consider watching Minority Report as well.  A copy is available for checkout in the school library.

Is the death penalty still an acceptable form of punishment?

Read and discuss the following article.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/cruel-and-unusual

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Are we morally, or legally, obligated to help people in need?

Watch the following video clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPnK0NCn_MQ

Read the following article. (It appears with a separate scroll bar under the abstract.)

http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/facpubs/114/

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Gun control or gun rights?

Read and discuss the following articles. (Read at least seven of the ten articles linked at the bottom of the opening paragraph.)

http://www.usnews.com/topics/subjects/gun-control-and-gun-rights

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How do we solve America's immigration problem?

Read and discuss the following article.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1015/A-bold-plan-to-solve-America-s-illegal-immigration-problem

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Is torture ever justified?

Read and discuss the following article.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/17/torture-tool-fight-against-terrorist-groups-like-isis/1Tfqfk1Amck7Rh9kEra8IN/story.html

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Is there a place for religion in public schools?

Read and discuss the following article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/us/battling-anew-over-the-place-of-religion-in-public-schools.html?pagewanted=all

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