Current Events Quiz #6.2

1. Why did the grand jury decide not to charge deputy sheriff Randy McMillian? Page A1 "No charges in taser incident"

Officials said Noe as acting aggressively and McMillan did not act out of order.

2. Why is the European court ruling about Google searches so interesting? Page A1 "European court: Google can be forced to remove links"
I find it interesting because i didn't even know they could do what they did, its also interesting because it would gives people more control over the media.

3. Why did Michelle Obama recently have a photo taken of her holding a sigh with the words 'Bring home our girls'? Page A4 "US aircraft aid in search for missing Nigerian girls" BE SPECIFIC
300 nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped and Nigeria said all options are open to bring the girls home.

4. Why was the discovery of a chronometer such a big deal? Page B2 "Researchers: Chronometer was 'Big Discovery'"
It is very old and probably very rare.

5. What will the iPad hopefully be able to do with the next software update? Page B8
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REMINDER - Some of you are not writing enough here. A single sentence isn't enough. I expect you to expand upon your writing. If you think you have written enough, you haven't, write more. Be sure to answer WHY you think something.

Last week an inmate who was scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma was given the lethal injection, but there were problems with the drug mixture and it took him over 40 minutes to die. While observers and prison officials watched he writhed and struggled before finally succumbing to a heart attack. Lethal injections and the use of the death penalty have come under fire because of this event. The problems really started about a year ago because the main supplier of the drug combination went out of business and states have struggled to find replacements that are as powerful and work as well.

If someone has been convicted in a state that has the death penalty, what should the obligations of the state be when it comes to actually executing that person? I am not asking you what you think about the death penalty, just what you think the state should have to do when they are going to execute a person.

I think if a state is going to sentence someone to death than the criminals death should be quick or painless or both. If its quick than any pain they may feel will be over shortly. If it is painless than the death can be slower because they are not feeling anything. However the most preferable way would be a way that quick and painless so the death does not drag on and they are not in pain. i feel this way because even  if they are a criminal and did something that made them deserve death then death is punishment enough.