Unit 1- AC2.1 Practice Exam question:
“Compare four or more campaigns for change” (10 marks)
The campaign for Sarah’s law was created after a 7-year-old called Sarah Payne was
kidnapped, sexually abused, and killed by a paedophile. The man who killed her already had
convictions from previously abducting and sexually assaulting another young girl. The
campaign was started by Sara, Sarah’s mother, who said that if she had known that there
was a convicted paedophile in the area, she would not have let Sarah play there. The
purpose of this campaign is similar to the double jeopardy campaign as the driving force was
another grieving mother whose child died in tragic circumstances. Ann Ming started the
double jeopardy campaign after her daughter (Julie Hogg) was killed by her partner Billy
Dunlop. She created the campaign to abolish the double jeopardy law so that her daughter's
murderer could be tried again in court after he was not convicted of any crimes, due to the
jury not being able to reach a unanimous decision. However, Sarah’s law is different to the
assisted suicide campaign as the assisted suicide campaign was not started by one person
but rather many people who have attempted to change the law that bans it assisted dying.
It is also different to Brexit as Brexit was started by the government and was driven by many
politicians like David Cameron and Boris Johnson.
The focus of the double jeopardy campaign was to abolish the 600-year-old law that meant
that people could not be tried twice for the same crime. This is similar to the assisted dying
campaign and the Sarah’s law campaign as they all campaigned to change criminal law. The
assisted dying campaign existed to change section two of the suicide act as it banned people
from seeking services that could end their life if they had a debilitating illness or personal
reasons and Sarah’s law campaigned to change the law so that people could have the right
to seek information on whether someone is on the registered sex offenders list. However,
this is different to Brexit as Brexit sought for constitutional change, which was to leave the
European Union.
The driving force of Brexit were the politicians at the time and some key figures included
Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, and David Cameron (the prime minister at the time). This is
different to Sarah’s law, double jeopardy, and the assisted dying campaign as they did not
have politicians involved but rather members of the public. Sarah’s law was spearheaded by
Sarah’s mother with support from her father, assisted dying was supported by many
different people but key characters include Debby Purdy and her husband who applied to
the High Court to seek the right to die, and the double jeopardy campaign was spearheaded
by Julie Hogg’s mother and her husband.
The media methods used in the assisted dying campaign were celebrities. Celebrities like
Terry Pratchett, who had Alzheimer's, supported the cause, and publicised the campaign so
it could gain more attention. This is similar to Brexit as it also had celebrity backing from
people like Michael Cain, Joan Collins, and Donald Trump. However, this is different to
Sarah’s law as it used public appearances from Sara and newspaper coverage instead of
celebrity appearances. The News of The World was a large part of the campaign for Sarah’s
law but there was controversy surrounding it as the newspaper printed name and shame
“Compare four or more campaigns for change” (10 marks)
The campaign for Sarah’s law was created after a 7-year-old called Sarah Payne was
kidnapped, sexually abused, and killed by a paedophile. The man who killed her already had
convictions from previously abducting and sexually assaulting another young girl. The
campaign was started by Sara, Sarah’s mother, who said that if she had known that there
was a convicted paedophile in the area, she would not have let Sarah play there. The
purpose of this campaign is similar to the double jeopardy campaign as the driving force was
another grieving mother whose child died in tragic circumstances. Ann Ming started the
double jeopardy campaign after her daughter (Julie Hogg) was killed by her partner Billy
Dunlop. She created the campaign to abolish the double jeopardy law so that her daughter's
murderer could be tried again in court after he was not convicted of any crimes, due to the
jury not being able to reach a unanimous decision. However, Sarah’s law is different to the
assisted suicide campaign as the assisted suicide campaign was not started by one person
but rather many people who have attempted to change the law that bans it assisted dying.
It is also different to Brexit as Brexit was started by the government and was driven by many
politicians like David Cameron and Boris Johnson.
The focus of the double jeopardy campaign was to abolish the 600-year-old law that meant
that people could not be tried twice for the same crime. This is similar to the assisted dying
campaign and the Sarah’s law campaign as they all campaigned to change criminal law. The
assisted dying campaign existed to change section two of the suicide act as it banned people
from seeking services that could end their life if they had a debilitating illness or personal
reasons and Sarah’s law campaigned to change the law so that people could have the right
to seek information on whether someone is on the registered sex offenders list. However,
this is different to Brexit as Brexit sought for constitutional change, which was to leave the
European Union.
The driving force of Brexit were the politicians at the time and some key figures included
Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, and David Cameron (the prime minister at the time). This is
different to Sarah’s law, double jeopardy, and the assisted dying campaign as they did not
have politicians involved but rather members of the public. Sarah’s law was spearheaded by
Sarah’s mother with support from her father, assisted dying was supported by many
different people but key characters include Debby Purdy and her husband who applied to
the High Court to seek the right to die, and the double jeopardy campaign was spearheaded
by Julie Hogg’s mother and her husband.
The media methods used in the assisted dying campaign were celebrities. Celebrities like
Terry Pratchett, who had Alzheimer's, supported the cause, and publicised the campaign so
it could gain more attention. This is similar to Brexit as it also had celebrity backing from
people like Michael Cain, Joan Collins, and Donald Trump. However, this is different to
Sarah’s law as it used public appearances from Sara and newspaper coverage instead of
celebrity appearances. The News of The World was a large part of the campaign for Sarah’s
law but there was controversy surrounding it as the newspaper printed name and shame
