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  • Responsibility For Matthew's Death
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    One would think that the story of Matthew Shepard would bring people together over a tragic event. On the contrary, Matthew Shepard's death seemed to pull the nation apart, due to people's conflicting points of view. Should Matthew's heartbreaking death be seen as any other killing, or should everyone take it upon himself or herself to be responsible for what happened to Matthew? When reading the article "Blood on our Hands", I believe that the writer had a strong position about his argument. Ph...
  • Matthew Eappens Death
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    Massachusetts vs. Woodward Louise Woodward, a British Nanny, was hired in November of 1996 by Sunil and Deborah Eappen, for their sons, Matthew and Brendan. On February 4, 1997, the Massachusetts police received a phone call from Woodward stating that Matthew Eappen was having trouble breathing. When the paramedics examined Matthew, they said he had a 2- inch skull fracture. His eyes were bulging, which is a sign of the shaken baby syndrome. Before Matthew Eappens death, he spent four days on li...
  • Death Of Matthew
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    The death penalty is the most severe of all punishments. It has been banned in many states in the United States and others states are resorting to capital punishment for serious offenses such as murder. An eye for an eye, a life for a life, but as Mahatma Gandhi once said, "An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind". Do we really have the right to kill those who we believe has killed? The death penalty is a cruel and uncivilized way of punishment. In "Dead Man Walking" directed by Tim R...
  • Matthew's Eappen's Head Injuries
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    On Feb. 4, 1997, Louise Woodward called the police and said that Matthew Eappen was having difficulty breathing. Woodward had been hired by Sunil and Deborah Eappen to babysit their sons in November 1996. When paramedics arrived at the Eappen household, they found that the baby had a two-and-a-half-inch skull fracture. Matthew's eyes were also bulging, a possible sign of "shaken baby syndrome". The baby spent four days on life support before dying on Feb. 9. The autopsy revealed that in addition...
  • More Humane Act Of Punishment
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    An Eye for an Eye The film Dead Man Walking, which is directed by Tim Robbins, is a film about redemption. Susan Sarandon plays a Nun called Sister Helen Pre jean. She is asked by a convicted murderer to get him a lawyer and then later is asked to be his spiritual advisor. The convicted killer is named Matthew Poncelet, and is played by Sean Penn. Dead Man Walking truly captivated my conscience and made me think about the controversial standing of capital punishment. The movie portrayed two side...

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