Citizens' Assembly for Critical Thinking About the United States
2010 Topic: What should we do about the death penalty?
Keep it? Change it?
At the federal level? At the state level?
Is it "cruel and unusal punishment"?
Is it fair? Is it biased?
CACTUS is:
- a different kind of class in which you will make new friends, learn new skills, have fun working together, develop new confidence, and help strengthen American democracy
- POL 301, Citizens' Assembly (CACTUS), Spring Semester 2009
- Wednesdays, 1:45-4:30
- 3 credit hours with no prerequisites
- A Block VII General Education course
Citizens’ assemblies are a new experiment in democratic decision-making. They are based on the idea that citizens, given adequate education and information, can deliberate and reason together, and make informed political decisions on a consensual basis.
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