- Reading Material
- The Trial (Franz Kafka)
- The Prophet on Laws (Kahlil Gibran)
- The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
- A case of "Affluenza" (Dallas, TX) - Listening Material
- Interview with Matt Taibbi (NPR) - Viewing Material
- Opening vignette from "The Trial" (Narrated by Orson Welles) - Jury of your peers?
- Judge not lest ye be judged - Politics of class
- Those at the lower end of the socio-economic ladder are removed from society with jail time and a permanently tarnished record for minor possession of an illegal substance while administrators of the "too big to fail" banks receive a slap on the wrist with monetary fines for acknowledging such heinous crimes as money laundering (millions) for international drug cartels
Writing Prompt:
- Justice or Restitution? Describe a time when you've been put on trial for your convictions
