Juvenile Justice

I found the video to be very interesting, and with each kid I realized I really don't feel bad for any of them.  They know they did the wrong thing, so I feel they should be punished.  Honestly, I feel that when each kid talks to the intake officer they are acting.  They loo like they are acting sorry, acting sad.  I don't trust anything they say to be true, because if you can commit an offense or a crime, why should I take what you say as credible? When it comes to what to do with these kids, I most definitely would not get rid of detention.  For now I would keep the system as is, but I if were an intake officer I would be harder on crime, because I believe its through hard punishments do people really learn.  

Serial 6

I still don't know if I believe that Adnan did it.  The second girl witness that said that she was told that Adnan showed Jay the body.  At first glance, this would sound bad for Adnan, but to me she sounds fake.  She sounds too confident and too much of an actor, in my opinion.  I don't trust her or what she has to say, especially because she knew Jay and was friendly.  I think she would say anything to protect him.  I still don't trust Jay at all.  With the phone call, I don't understand why she "cant recall" anything after saying hello to Jay.  I don't trust her either, and the fact that she changed her story on the stand, (suddenly didn't talk to Jay at the store), doesn't make her any more credible.  Also when Adanan became hostile towards the speaker, it stuck out to me.  Maybe he has anger issues and maybe that's why he killed Hay?

Serial Episode 5

After listening to this episode, I believe even more than before that Jay is a liar.  He continually changes his story, which to me means he is covering himself.  I have doubts that Adnan did it simply because of that.  There isn't anything about Adnan that tells me he didn't do it, only that Jay appears to be a liar.  If Jay did do it, I think he had Adnan help him, which explains why they both have so much information to give.  

Serial Episodes 2 and 3

I think the further the story goes on, the more complex it gets.  In these two episodes, I feel like you see a back and forth of information that helps Adnan and information that hurts Adnan.  Personally, when I heard these two episodes I thought Adnan was guilty, because of the information that other people have about him.  Everyone knows a lot, between his friend Jay, and his other friend, (I forget her name).  I feel like if people have a lot of information, then it makes it more likely he did it.  I don't see what reason they would have to lie,  

Serial Episode Four

The more episodes we listen to, the more complex the story gets.  As we were doing the notes, I noticed that I had very little in the "For adnan" column.  (Maybe I am biased).  Aside from adnan, Jay stuck out to me because of how much he changes his story.  I feel that shows signs of a liar, and he knows way too much information for someone who was just an acquaintance to adnan.  It really wouldn't surprise me if it was actually Jay who committed the crime.  I get the feeling he is trying to cover himself, and not just so he doesn't get associated with adnan.  He's protecting himself so he doesn't get caught for doing the crime.  

Morality

I don't believe it was morally permissible to kill the Cabin boy because I don't believe one person should unwillingly be killed to benefit other people.  I do feel that consent does matter.  As I was writing this it made me think of the army.  Solders die for the sake of other people, but they do it willingly.  I feel consent does play a role in this case heavily, but I also think the circumstances are important to consider.  Killing the cabin boy was selfish act in my opinion.  It was not benefiting enough people to be permissible in my opinion.  I think a lottery plays some role because of the willingness factor, however I don't find it so important that it justifies the act because killing one another isn't for a huge greater good, only the people on the ship.  I just don't think it's right.  I respect the idea of utilitarianism because I think the majority and the greater good of the people is something that should always be protected.  However I feel a bit different when it comes to killing someone for it because a person's life is also something that should always be protected.

This past weekend Whitney Houston's daughter was found face down unresponsive on a bathtub.  This was the same way her mother was found sadly.  Currently she is on the hospital with family and with a seduced coma.  Their are no signs negative or positive really.

I felt so sad to hear this story and I find it interesting that she was found the same way her mother was found.  Obviously it isn't confirmed but i think maybe that was a suicide attempt, only because i feel the odds of her be on fun like that by mistake are slim.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/02/03/nr-brooke-bobbi-kristina-fights-for-life.cnn