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Reading and All That Jazz book cover
Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e
Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College

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Reading Selection:
The Defendant's Characteristics, by David G. Meyers

United States Justice System

Here are some websites with more information on the justice system of the United States.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
(http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/)

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us.html
(http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us.html)

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/kidspage/
(http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/kidspage/)

Jury
These websites address the role that juries play in the United States Justice System.

http://www.fija.org/
(http://www.fija.org/)

http://www.levellers.org/jrp/
(http://www.levellers.org/jrp/)

Michael Efran at the University of Toronto

http://www.arclead.com/staff/mefran.html
(http://www.arclead.com/staff/mefran.html)

http://www.muohio.edu/psybersite/Attraction/attributions.htx
(http://www.muohio.edu/psybersite/Attraction/attributions.htx)

Chris Downs and Phillip Lyons

http://www.psych.purdue.edu/~ben/psy391/391-dqs.htm
(http://www.psych.purdue.edu/~ben/psy391/391-dqs.htm)

Clarence Darrow

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/DARROW.HTM
(http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/DARROW.HTM)

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/delao/darrow.htm
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/delao/darrow.htm)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdarrow.htm
(http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdarrow.htm)

Cookie Stephan and Walter Stephan

http://www.nmsu.edu/~ucomm/Releases/1998/Nov98/stephan2.html
(http://www.nmsu.edu/~ucomm/Releases/1998/Nov98/stephan2.html)

Reading Selection:
How Do I Fire Thee? Let Me Count the Ways, by William Lutz

William Lutz and The New Doublespeak


http://www.dt.org/html/Doublespeak.html
(http://www.dt.org/html/Doublespeak.html)

Getting Fired

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/emp43.htm
(http://www.lectlaw.com/files/emp43.htm)

http://www.courttv.com/legalcafe/work/fired/fired_links.html
(http://www.courttv.com/legalcafe/work/fired/fired_links.html)

Reading Selection:
A Birthday Party, by Katharine Brush

Katharine Brush


http://www.all-genealogy.com/brush-autobiography/results.asp?SNumber=Y
(http://www.all-genealogy.com/brush-autobiography/results.asp?SNumber=Y)

http://www.loomis.org/at_school/brushlibrary.asp?library=overview
(http://www.loomis.org/at_school/brushlibrary.asp?library=overview)

Reading Selection:
A Hanging, by George Orwell

George Orwell

Here are some websites with information about the author.

http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/
(http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/)

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/orwell.htm
(http://www.levity.com/corduroy/orwell.htm)

Death Penalty
Visit one of the websites below. Find information either in favor of or opposed to the use of the death penalty.

http://www.prodeathpenalty.com
(http://www.prodeathpenalty.com)

http://www.ncadp.org
(http://www.ncadp.org)