Against the Death Penalty ?

I believe that people in this day and age are too egger to forgive and forget, I understand peoples stance on the death penalty and the beliefs that many people have about the state of Texas executing innocent people. I don’t believe that doing away with the death penalty is the answer though. I feel as if the state of Texas decided that there would be no more executions that the crime rate would go up. Also for the criminals that actually committed a crime worthy of the death penalty, what would happen to them with out capital punishment? Probably get put in prison and then file an appeal and be released early do to “good behavior” as if someone killing someone should ever be considered to have good behavior. If the problem people are having is with the amount of time spent looking into a defendant’s case, then fine, Spend more time but I would result to doing away with capital punishment simply because there’s a thought that innocent people are being executed. There’s also a thought that the United States Government was behind 9/11, depending on what conspiracy theorist you ask. So does that mean we should get rid of the Untied States Government too?
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Reply on " Don't Mess with Texas"

I would like to start off by saying that I see the points you’ve made and understand that people have different beliefs based on religion, or the morale of a certain subject, but I believe that many people fail to take the slogan “Don’t Mess with Texas” Literally, for example, you based upon your statement you made when saying “taking it more seriously”. What I don’t understand is that it is well known across the nation that Texas doesn’t have a problem executing people for the crimes they have committed, but there are still people out there who continue to rape and kill other human being and then are surprised when they are caught and sentenced to the death penalty. Then the appeals process goes underway buying the criminal more time and wasting more of people tax money. What I don’t understand is in the case of Michael Richards why everyone was so surprised when Judge Sharon Keller closed the doors at five o’clock and didn’t except the appeal from Richards’s attorney 20 minutes late? One article stated the Richards attorney had computer trouble and couldn’t finish the paper work. My question is why when a mans life is on the line, would you wait until the last minute to file an appeal? Had Judge Keller allowed the attorney to file the appeal, even if only 20 minutes late, it would’ve set a atrocious example and allowing the state of Texas to appear weak and allow other criminals to feel as though it is ok to commit crimes. Now that being said, I’m also in favor of criminals being treated equal to other criminals committing similar crimes, so if a similar situation occurred, I would expect Keller to do the same thing no matter what race, age, or gender. I would hope that people start to take the slogan “Don’t Mess with Texas” more seriously. Just driving down the highway to work, you might see the slogan on the bumpers of vehicles further proving the literal since in “Don’t Mess with Texas.

Texas Standardized Testing is Flawed

Does Passing or failing a standardized test prove your adequacy or inadequacy of knowledge on academic standards? The state of Texas seems to think that Standardized testing is the answer for showing the progress of the students and their ability to comprehend the curriculum set by Texas standards. Emphasizing the importance on scoring well enough to pass begins when the student enters the third grade. Teachers are spending more of their time concentrated on how to get their students to pass the tests rather then teaching about history, current events, or even how to structure a well written paper. Many people believe that the outcome of students scores are a direct results on how well the students were taught by their teachers, adding more pressure on the students and teachers. Standardized testing can also make the students feel as though there’s something wrong with them, or that they are not as smart as their fellow classmate if they do not pass. The test fails to measure the different learning styles that students have along with the possible poor test taking skills. Some children take up to 4 hours on the rather new TAKS (Texas assessment of knowledge and skills) test, far exceeding the attention span of any human being. Basically, standardized testing is thought by many people to be unfair and an improper way of measuring an array of student’s knowledge on different subjects, and now it’s required that you obtain a passing score in order to graduate from high school. Hopefully the state of Texas is making steps in improving this flawed system of testing the knowledge of students across Texas

Texas Standardized Testing is Flawed

Does Passing or failing a standardized test prove your adequacy or inadequacy of knowledge on academic standards? The state of Texas seems to think that Standardized testing is the answer for showing the progress of the students and their ability to comprehend the curriculum set by Texas standards. Emphasizing the importance on scoring well enough to pass begins when the student enters the third grade. Teachers are spending more of their time concentrated on how to get their students to pass the tests rather then teaching about history, current events, or even how to structure a well written paper. Many people believe that the outcome of students scores are a direct results on how well the students were taught by their teachers, adding more pressure on the students and teachers. Standardized testing can also make the students feel as though there’s something wrong with them, or that they are not as smart as their fellow classmate if they do not pass. The test fails to measure the different learning styles that students have along with the possible poor test taking skills. Some children take up to 4 hours on the rather new TAKS (Texas assessment of knowledge and skills) test, far exceeding the attention span of any human being. Basically, standardized testing is thought by many people to be unfair and an improper way of measuring an array of student’s knowledge on different subjects, and now it’s required that you obtain a passing score in order to graduate from high school. Hopefully the state of Texas is making steps in improving this flawed system of testing the knowledge of students across Texas