The Essay #1
Option 1. Presumptions about Audience for Restorative vs. Retributive Justice
Compare and contrast likely rhetorical practices for advocates working in the contexts of “restorative” versus “retributive justice. To support your analysis, use examples and principles from the assigned readings and the movie Twelve Angry Men. In brief, how would an attorney act differently if the context for adjudication was different in the ways theorized by Howard Zehr?
Option 2. Analysis of how argumentation worked to guide juror decision-making
What examples stand out most vividly of how argument or persuasion may have influenced juror decision-making in the movie Twelve Angry Men? Explain what those examples illustrate, either about ideals for legal rhetoric or its possible limits or flaws.
Read:
Tullis, “
Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice (Links to an external site.)
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Howard Zehr, “
Retributive Justice, Restorative Justice (Links to an external site.)
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