BELLWORK

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BELLWORK family tree

• Get out your family tree rough draft, I will come
  around to check for points.
• Why is it important to know about your familys
  history?
• What did you learn about your familys history
  from your homework assignment?
• What do you still need to do to complete your
  family tree?
• THINKER Brainstorm a list of 5 things you know
  about the January 8th shooting in Tucson (people,
  dates, outcome, facts, etc).

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Family Tree Project

• You are now going to start creating your own
  family tree project.
• Follow all guidelines on the handout
• The final project and oral presentation is Monday
  January 9th!

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Discussion

• Brainstorm a list of 5 things you know about the
  January 8th shooting in Tucson

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Jared Lee Loughner

• Charged with the shooting in Arizona that killed
  six people, including U.S. District Court Judge
  John Roll, and injuring 14 others, including U.S.
  Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
• Indicted on 49 counts by federal grand juries in
  Arizona.
• These counts include attempted assassination of
  a member of Congress and two counts of murder of
  a federal employee.

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Jared Lee Loughner Timeline after arrest

• After his immediate arrest, Loughner pleaded the
  fifth and refused to speak to officers.
• January 19, 2011 held without bail at the
  Federal Correctional Institute of Phoenix
• February 4, 2011 Transferred to the United
  States Penitentiary in Tucson
• March 9, 2011 Loughner appeared in court and
  pleaded not guilty to all 49 charges
• May 25, 2011 Loughner is diagnosed with
  schizophrenia and ruled incompetent to stand
  trial (This puts the criminal case against him
  on hold)
• Starts psychiatric treatment at the U.S. Medical
  Center for Federal prisoners in Springfield,
  Missouri
• June 26, 2011 Court ruled that prison doctors
  could forcibly medicate Loughner with
  antipsychotic drugs in order to make him fit to
  stand trial
• July 12, 2011 Loughners defense team appeals
  the forcible medication, but the appeal is later
  denied
• August 30, 2011 Arguments opened in court over
  the lawfulness of this treatment
• September 28, 2011 - Loughners lawyers
  unsuccessfully objected to him appearing at the
  hearing. Upon his arrival, Loughner disrupted the
  court hearing with an outburst, and was carried
  from the court room.
• As of December 2011, arguments are ongoing, and
  Loughner continues to be temporarily treated.

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The January 8th Tucson shooting highlights two
controversial issues

1. Has the government made the right choice with
   their treatment of the mentally ill?
2. Should there be limits to citizen gun ownership?

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Issue 1 Treatment of Mentally Ill

• Sychizophrenia a mental disorder characterized
  by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor
  emotional responsiveness. Characteristics may
  include auditory hallucinations, paranoid
  behavior, bizarre delusions, or disorganized
  speech and thinking. The onset of symptoms
  typically occurs in young adulthood.
• In your opinion, do you think Jared Loughner is
  sychizophrenic?
• Criminal Insanity a defendant must have been so
  impaired by a mental disease or defect at the
  time of the act that he or she did not know the
  nature or quality of the act, or, if the
  defendant did know the nature or quality of the
  act, he or she did not know that the act was
  wrong.
• In your opinion, do you think Jared Loughner is
  criminally insane?
• The insanity defense should not be confused with
  incompetency People who are incompetent to stand
  trial are held in a mental institution until they
  are considered capable of participating in the
  proceedings.
• In your opinion, do you think Jared Loughner is
  incompetent?

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Arizona Laws on Incompetency

• Arizona law does not permit a verdict of not
  guilty by reason of insanity, but does allow for
  a verdict of "guilty but insane
• An incompetency ruling does not eliminate the
  insanity defense it is simply an alternative for
  defendants who are found to be mentally ill, but
  whose illness is not severe enough to relieve him
  of criminal responsibility.
• Specific AZ Incompetency Laws
• A person shall not be tried, convicted, sentenced
  or punished for an offense if the court
  determines that the person is incompetent to
  stand.
• At any time after the prosecutor charges a
  criminal, any party or the court on its own, may
  request that the defendant be examined to
  determine the defendant's competency to stand
  trial.
• The court may order the defendant to submit to
  physical, neurological or psychological
  examinations, if necessary, to adequately
  determine the defendant's mental condition.
• If the court initially finds that the defendant
  is incompetent to stand trial, the court shall
  order treatment for the restoration of competency
  unless there is clear and convincing evidence
  that the defendant will not be restored to
  competency within fifteen months.
• In the majority of cases, a mentally ill
  defendant deemed incompetent receives treatment
  until he is deemed "restored to competence," and
  returns to court.

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Interesting Facts

• About one in four adults, an estimated 26.2 of
  Americans, 57.7 million people ages 18 and older,
  suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder
• Mental disorders are the leading cause of
  disability in the U.S. and Canada
• The insanity plea is used in less than1 of all
  U.S. Criminal Justice System criminal cases 35
  of those are murder cases. One fourth are
  successful.
• Three states -- Montana, Idaho, and Utah -- do
  not allow the insanity defense
• A defendant who receives a GBMI (guilty but
  mentally insane) verdict is sentenced in the same
  way as if he were found guilty. The court then
  determines whether and to what extent he requires
  treatment for mental illness. When, and if, the
  defendant is deemed "cured" of his mental
  illness, he is required to serve out the rest of
  his sentence.
• By 2000, at least 20 states had enacted "guilty
  but mentally ill" provisions. Including Arizona

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What do you think?!?!

• What is the difference between incompetency and
  criminally insane?
• Should states allow criminals to plead insane or
  incompetent?
• Should guilty verdicts be less punishable if the
  person is deemed incompetent?
• Should states be required to fund psychiatrists
  for mentally ill criminals?

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Issue 2 Gun Ownership

• The Second Amendment states
• A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the
  security of a free State, the right of the people
  to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed
• What is a militia?
• What does the second Amendment mean? Put it in
  your own words!
• Some people argue that this amendment only
  pertained to the feelings of Americans when it
  was passed in 1791. What do you think? Is this
  Amendment outdated?

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Arizona Gun Laws

• It is important to note that gun laws vary by
  state. Firearm owners are subject to the firearm
  laws of the state they are in, and not
  exclusively their state of residence.
• National Firearms Act (NFA) requires the
  registration of firearms (This is a FEDERAL law)
• Concealed-carry permits are issued by the
  Concealed Weapons Permit Unit of the Arizona
  Department of Public Safety.
• Even if you do NOT have a permit, you are still
  allowed to purchase a gun
• On April 16, 2010, governor Jan Brewer signed
  into law a bill that legalizes the carrying of
  concealed firearms and other weapons in most
  places without a permit for adults over 21 years
  of age.
• Arizona will still issue concealed carry permits
  for purposes of carrying concealed weapons in
  other states and permits will still be required
  for carrying in certain sensitive areas within
  Arizona such as in bars or on school grounds.
• Open carry without a permit is still legal in
  most places for 18-20 year-olds, and for
  emancipated juveniles
• Arizona is only the third state in U.S. history
  (after Vermont and Alaska) to allow the carrying
  of concealed weapons without a permit, and it is
  the first state with a large urban population to
  do so

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Arizona Gun Laws

• In Arizona, you are NOT allowed to carry a weapon
  at the following places nuclear power plants,
  polling places (only on election days), airports,
  jails, schools, establishments that solely serve
  alcohol (bars), any private property in which the
  owner forbids it, and in correctional facilities.
  
• In Arizona, you could NOT own a weapon if you are
  one of the following someone that has been found
  mentally ill, a convicted felon, imprisoned, on
  probation or parole, undocumented aliens or
  foreigners.

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This map shows gun ownership from states with
weaker gun laws (dark-red), to stricter gun laws
(dark-blue)
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What do you think?!?!

• Is there any correlation between gun ownership
  and homicide rates?
• Do you think American citizens should have the
  right to own/carry a weapon? Why or why not?
• Do you support Arizona gun laws? What could be
  changed/added?
• If Arizona had stricter gun laws, do you think it
  would prevent criminal shootings? (Like the Jan
  8th one in Tucson)
• What can the government do, if anything, to
  prevent mass-shootings by gun owners?

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Dianne Sawyers Interview with Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords.

• This video addresses the following topics
• Background of January 8th shooting
• Victims of the shooting
• Effects it had on Giffords
• Giffords road to recovery
• Where should we go from here?

http//abc.go.com/watch/2020/SH559026/VD55153303/g
abby-giffords--mark-kelly-courage-and-hope