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Criminal Justice Class 11
[OOC: Test scores have been handed back. I'm considering this to be, unofficially, a new quarter. This would be the best time to join or drop the class because there won't be another test for over a month. Also, the topics are going to get a little weird. By which I mean "More full of crack." Look below for proof. Class Info Link.]
Hello, class! Most of you did just fine on the test, even if all but one of you neglected the word "metaphor" in the extra credit.
Today's class will be a little different from previous classes. For the next couple weeks, we'll be discussing real world questions of Justice. When is it Just? When is it Too Far? Or, today's topic, Is this serial killing?
*Tick passes out various newspaper pages. They are all from different dates. They are all from the obituaties. They all feature one specific name. They are all from a small town in Colorado.*
All of these obituary pages include the name "Kenneth McCormick." Don't be fooled, it's not a very common name in that town. That is the same little kid dying over and over. Sometimes he is murdered. Sometimes it's a case of accidental manslaughter. Sometimes it's a freak, bizarre accident, the likelyhood of which is astonishingly low.
Almost every day, he is killed is a horrifying way, only to be alive to die the next day. And, from what I've been able to find out, he has been truly dead each and every time. Sometimes his head is clearly removed from his body and eaten by rats. This is not a mistake or a scam. It's just life there. Except for when it's death.
Some people have been responsible for his death multiple times, either by accident or design. My questions to you are: If somebody kills this boy more than once, is that person a serial killer? Is it the number of acts that counts toward this distinction, or is it the number of victims? If you plotted his death, could it even be considered murder if you knew he'd be alive the next day? Discuss this case from any angle you see fit.
This week's extra credit is: find me a snazzy hat. That nice student selling the CDs the other day wore a really snazzy hat. I want to know where to find a snazzy hat of my own. Just show me what the hat looks like, and I'll follow the snazz to the source!
Hello, class! Most of you did just fine on the test, even if all but one of you neglected the word "metaphor" in the extra credit.
Today's class will be a little different from previous classes. For the next couple weeks, we'll be discussing real world questions of Justice. When is it Just? When is it Too Far? Or, today's topic, Is this serial killing?
*Tick passes out various newspaper pages. They are all from different dates. They are all from the obituaties. They all feature one specific name. They are all from a small town in Colorado.*
All of these obituary pages include the name "Kenneth McCormick." Don't be fooled, it's not a very common name in that town. That is the same little kid dying over and over. Sometimes he is murdered. Sometimes it's a case of accidental manslaughter. Sometimes it's a freak, bizarre accident, the likelyhood of which is astonishingly low.
Almost every day, he is killed is a horrifying way, only to be alive to die the next day. And, from what I've been able to find out, he has been truly dead each and every time. Sometimes his head is clearly removed from his body and eaten by rats. This is not a mistake or a scam. It's just life there. Except for when it's death.
Some people have been responsible for his death multiple times, either by accident or design. My questions to you are: If somebody kills this boy more than once, is that person a serial killer? Is it the number of acts that counts toward this distinction, or is it the number of victims? If you plotted his death, could it even be considered murder if you knew he'd be alive the next day? Discuss this case from any angle you see fit.
This week's extra credit is: find me a snazzy hat. That nice student selling the CDs the other day wore a really snazzy hat. I want to know where to find a snazzy hat of my own. Just show me what the hat looks like, and I'll follow the snazz to the source!