Imagine you are a judge and the last three criminal cases you presided over all yielded three guilty verdicts. You have ordered presentence investigations for all three offenders. The presentence investigation report has been returned and it is now time to sentence the offenders. You...
Draft a Legal Memorandum (3-5 pages) For purposes of this assignment, Mary Whittaker walked into your law office. She is the client and you are the attorney. While she was telling you her story, you did some quick research and found the Poole case. After...
Identify and discuss the similarities and differences between general deterrence and specific deterrence. Using the resources and materials provided this week in class, discuss a criminal case that best explains each theory. Provide your opinion on whether...
Johnny is a junior in high school at the age of seventeen and would turn eighteen in December of that year. He decided to find a summer job to make some extra spending money and noticed that Jack at Jack's Used Cars was looking for...
Section I: Build a Judge Profile Your firm has a case coming up for trial. Your supervising attorney needs you to profile the judge using the Internet. The judge’s name is Kathleen O’Malley, a federal district judge in Ohio. Print your research results. Section II:...
Civil disobedience is a critical tool used by people across the globe to promote social change when existing laws do not secure human rights and justice for everyone. Civil disobedience means breaking a law on purpose. This discussion will help us explore ethical issues...
Section I: Build a Judge Profile Your firm has a case coming up for trial. Your supervising attorney needs you to profile the judge using the Internet. The judge’s name is Kathleen O’Malley, a federal district judge in Ohio. Print your research results. Section II:...
1. Zodiac Killer Research Assistance: I need help with conducting research and gathering information on the Zodiac Killer for a 2-page paper (not including the cover and reference pages). My paper will explore the critical thinking involved in analyzing evidence related to this case,...
Civil disobedience is a critical tool used by people across the globe to promote social change when existing laws do not secure human rights and justice for everyone. Civil disobedience means breaking a law on purpose. This discussion will help us explore ethical issues...
Choose a case in the United States in which protests and/or political unrest led to arrests and was catalogued as police malpractice. Explain the case in 200 words, and explain how did the authorities handle the case. (If any of the police officers was arrested,...