1. Justice and Fairness Is it ever just or fair for someone to receive the death penalty? Is the death penalty ever acceptable?

2. Anders Behring Breivik Breivik killed 69 people at a Labour Party youth camp on Utoeya island, having first set off a bomb outside a government building in Oslo, Norway, that killed eight people. He was calm and calculated and showed no remorse In court Breivik said: "There are only two just and fair outcomes of this trial - acquittal (not guilty verdict) or capital punishment. I consider 21 years of prison as a pathetic punishment. Asked if he wanted the court to give him the death penalty, he replied: "No, but I would have respected it. I would not recognise 21 years of prison, it's ridiculous." BBC News link – full story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17752189http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17752189

3. What happens when the case is not so clear cut? Troy Davis Can this ever be described as justice? What are your thoughts about the case? CNN News Report - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dXYr9tDYQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dXYr9tDYQ

4. http://www.tennesseedeathpenalty.org/?p=4723

5. Your Opinion “Capital punishment is never acceptable” Do You Agree? Task Write a detailed two-sided argument and finish with a personal conclusion in answer to the question above. Use examples and evidence from the lessons on these issues. You must discuss, at some point, the right to life.