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23rd Annual Bill of Rights
Art and Essay Contest, 2006-2007

for Students in Grades 7 through 12

TOPIC:  Should we stop the death penalty?

AND THE WINNERS WERE:

ART

High School

Middle School

  • 1st Prize and $150
    (untitled)
    by B.F., a student
    from Buena Vista Middle School
     

  • 2nd Prize and $100
    "life continues behind bars"
    by H.W.,an 8th-grade student
    from Buena Vista Middle School

  • 3rd Prize and $50
    "Excessive bail shall not be required,
    nor excessive fines imposed,
    nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
    by L.A., an 8th-grade student
    from Buena Vista Middle School

ESSAY

High School

  • 1st Prize and $150
    "The Cost of State Sponsored Death"
    by D. L., a 12th-grade student
    from Pacific Grove High School

  • 2nd Prize and $100
    "The Death Penalty:
         an Embarrassment to Democracy"
    by N. H., a 12th-grade student
    from Pacific Grove High School
     

  • 3rd Prize and $50
    "The Death Penalty"
    by S. C., a 12th-grade student
    from Pacific Grove High School

  • Honorable Mention and a Certificate of Merit
    "Death Penalty: Con"
    by J. D., a 12th-grade student
    from Soledad High School

Middle School

  • 1st Prize and $150
    "How Are We Better?"
    by B. S., an 8th-grade student
    from Pacific Grove Middle School

  • 2nd Prize and $100
    "Let's Execute the Death Penalty!"
    by E.K., an 8th-grade student
    from San Carlos School

  • Tie for 3rd Prize and $50
    [Untitled]
    by D. W., an 8th-grade student
    from Pacific Grove Middle School

  • Tie for 3rd Prize and $50
    "Who Gave Them Permission?"
    by S. R., an 8th-grade student
    from Pacific Grove Middle School

  • Honorable Mention and a Certificate of Merit
    "Argument for Keeping the Death Penalty"
    by H. F., a 12th-grade student
    from Soledad High School

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