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...
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....
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....
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 someone who would wash and...
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....
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...
