Did Judge Allen Persky give Brock Turner an appropriate sentence?
Did Judge Allen Persky give Brock Turner an appropriate sentence?
May 11, 2020 Comments Off on Did Judge Allen Persky give Brock Turner an appropriate sentence? Uncategorized Assignment-helpWrite an editorial essay that addresses the issue: Did Judge Allen Persky give Brock Turner an appropriate sentence? In order to construct this essay, you need to think about what your values are. Your argument must be constructed around your criterion for assigning a prison sentence (the reasons listed above) and how the Brock Turner case addresses these criteria.Minimum Requirements (Students who do not meet the minimum requirements will earn 0 points): • The essay must be between 600 – 1000 words. It cannot be shorter than 600 or longer than 1000• The essay must be typed and documented according to APA format. Documentation includes a title page, parenthetical citations and a References page.• The essay must contain details from at least three articles that are represented in the Review of the Literature. Each body paragraph must contain at least one piece of evidence.• All evidence must be reported in the form of quotation and/or paraphrase. All evidence must be introduced with an author tag and end with a parenthetical citation. There must be at least one quotation and at least one paraphrase in the text of the argument.• The sentences in the essay must be clear and readable.• The essay must not contain the following errors: fragments, fused sentences, rogue capital letters, rogue apostrophes or spelling errors that would be caught by spell check. All proper nouns and the pronoun I must be capitalized.The essay must be documented accurately. All quotations must be accounted for in the Reference pages; all entries in the References pages must represent quoted or paraphrased information.All information in the editorial must be accurate.Essays that do not meet minimum qualifications will receive an immediate 50%.Any instance of plagiarism will result in 0 points for the assignment.The essay should :1. Be concise.2. Take into consideration Turner’s complete sentence, not just his time in county jail.Have an introduction that gets the reader’s attention, sets the context for the argument (spells out Turner’s complete sentence) , convinces the reader that the issue is important, and presents your bottom line .(conclusion/thesis).3. Have a body that is more than one paragraph that defends the bottom line and that accounts for 80% of the total words.4. Have paragraphs that are structured around what you think a prison sentence should do (around the criterion listed above). NOTE: I do not want to read about Persky’s possible motivation for assigning the sentence; the guilt or innocence of Turner; or a comparison with other sexual assault cases. I want to read about whether the sentence given to Brock Turner satisfies or doesn’t satisfy the criterion for an appropriate sentence and why.5. Have a summation paragraph or paragraphs that summarizes the argument and answers the question “So what now?” This would be a good place to comment on the recall effort.6. Have confirmation paragraphs organized around supporting reasons that state your criterion and are written using the S-E-E pattern of development.7. Include a minimum of one piece of Relevant, Credible, and Sufficient evidence per paragraph. (You may use more evidence if word limits permit.)8. Incorporate both primary and secondary sources.9. Use evidence from articles that you found through the research process.10. Properly quote/paraphrase and document all evidence. 11. Be typed and documented according to APA format.SOURCES: 1. https://medium.com/in-justice-today/i-was-raped-and-i-believe-the-brock-turner-sentence-is-a-success-story-fd571cb781ba2. https://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/06/08/the-full-letter-read-by-brock-turners-father-at-his-sentencing-hearing/3. See File Upload