March 1st: International Day for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
Death Penalty Quotes Worksheet
Death Penalty Article by Sr Helen Prejean
LC R.E. lessonplans Morality Section D
Take a look at the following TedX Talk entitled “Re-humanizing Inmates” by Anthony Wyatt. It might form part of your discussion of Prison and the Justice system
On the Margins & Why Care from the Jesuit Mission Office explore the related topics of imprisonment, crime & punishment.
Useful Links
Capital punishment: All viewpoints on the death penalty: https://www.religioustolerance.org/execute.htm
Death Penalty Information Center: https://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
A message from the Dalai Lama on the death penalty: https://www.engaged-zen.org/HHDLMSG.html
Ethics and the death penalty: https://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/deathpenalty/
Article: Overcoming a death sentence: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/0121/1224310486659.html
Capital Punishment in Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Ireland
Related Resources
December 10th: Human Rights Day
February 20th: World Day of Social Justice