Is the Death Penalty Dead?
C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring a current political topic using some C-SPAN footage and covering multiple viewpoints. The local cable company was Cox Communications.
The first prize-winning video for the high school section, Is the Death Penalty Dead?, was produced by Scott Hemphill, an 11th grade student at… read more
The first prize-winning video for the high school section, Is the Death Penalty Dead?, was produced by Scott Hemphill, an 11th grade student at Broken Arrow Senior High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The video examined the topic of the death penalty through interviews with citizens and C-SPAN footage of advocates and experts.
C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring a current political topic using some C-SPAN footage and covering multiple viewpoints. The local cable company was Cox Communications. close
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