JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW

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TIMES: "Re-thinking Juvenile Justice" study guide 11-year-old faces manslaughter trial 13-year-old boy and competency for arson trial report: 14 year old Warren Williams murder case Youngest person executed in 20th century -- 14 years old Fifth Amendment SIXTH AMENDMENT MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Thursday January 23 - semester exam JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW: Exam #1 -- INVESTIGATIONS (closed book/notes) JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW: Exam #1 -- INVESTIGATIONS (OPEN book/notes) Exams #1 and #2 MASTER key JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW: Exam #2 -- Part 1 (closed book) JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW: Exam #2 -- Part 2 (open book) OVERVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS MONDAY CLASS Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Denial of Due Process THURSDAY CLASS Harry Potter and the Due Process Clause -- Concurring Opinions FRIDAY CLASS JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW: SEMESTER EXAM JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW SEMESTER EXAM -- PART 2 Semester exam master MONDAY CLASS Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix study guide New York v. Quarles Government video -- The Right to a speedy and public trial THURSDAY CLASS STREET LAW study guide #3: Criminal Trial Process -- The Trial THE FUGITIVE (movie version) Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) -- right to a fair trial procedural due process: 5th and 6th Amendments balancing test: 5th Amendment right to remain silent MIRANDA warnings -- a series of Supreme Court precedents Jury Voir Dire sample questions Jury Voir Dire sample questions and answers FRIDAY CLASS TUESDAY CLASS American Bar Association top courtroom films American Bar Association Journal poll -- A FEW GOOD MEN as the 14th greatest trial film WEDNESDAY CLASS murder statute elements of murder manslaughter statute Conspiracy A FEW GOOD MEN and the Uniform Code of Military Justice WINTER BREAK !! OYEZ Project Guide to Writing a Student Brief MONDAY CLASS Uniform Code of Military Justice TUESDAY CLASS The Criminal Trial WEDNESDAY CLASS MONDAY CLASS A FEW GOOD MEN -- You are the Jury verdict and sentencing in A FEW GOOD MEN Criminal Rules of Evidence and Procedure A Few Good Men TUESDAY CLASS STATE AND FEDERAL COURT SYSTEMS WEDNESDAY CLASS FRIDAY CLASS OYEZ Project -- CASE RESEARCH SITE JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW PROJECT GUIDE To APPELLATE BRIEFS -- Duke University How to write an appellate brief AND a student brief HOW TO WRITE A CASE SUMMARY Appeals Process Ingraham v. Wright (1978) MONDAY CLASS TUESDAY CLASS MONDAY CLASS TUESDAY CLASS federal and state court appeals -- map MOOT COURT PREPARATION: Activity #1 WEDNESDAY CLASS Federal and State Court Systems MOOT COURT PREPARATION -- activity #2 FRIDAY CLASS N.Y. Times upfront magazine Exploring Constitutional Law Constitutional Law Cases Current Events MIRANDA warnings: content MIRANDA warnings website MONDAY CLASS 14th Amendment: the States and individual rights Betts v. Brady -- right to counsel (1942) right to counsel -- GIDEON student brief (memorandum of law) TUESDAY CLASS 6th Amendment right to an impartial jury: does it extend to civil trials? MONDAY CLASS Incorporation (application of the Bill of Rights to states) -- "Fundamental" Rights 14th Amendment WEDNESDAY CLASS 7th Amendment right to a jury in CIVIL trials: does this requirement extend to STATE courts? text study guide #4: How do the 5th through 8th Amendments protect rights within the judicial system? 5th and 6th Amendment precedents (right to counsel and right to jury) 5th and 6th Amendments THURSDAY CLASS 6th Amendment STREET LAW study guide #5: 5th and 6th Amendments FRIDAY CLASS: exam #3 TUESDAY CLASS Death Penalty and the 8th Amendment current status of the death penalty in the United States -- non "consensus" WEDNESDAY CLASS Right to attorney issue -- current events FURMAN V. GEORGIA (1972) -- U.S. SUPREME COURT BANS DEATH PENALTY GREGG V. GEORGIA (1976) -- Supreme Court reverses FURMAN THURSDAY CLASS MONDAY CLASS Lousiana v. Resweber (1946) -- excessive punishment We the People: The Citizen and the Constiution I-Pad activity: The Evolution of the 8th Amendment "tests" TUESDAY CLASS Government video: the 8th Amendment and capital punishment THOMPSON V. OKLAHOMA -- ANALYSIS ONE WEEK AFTER THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ""evolving national consensus against the juvenile death penalty ROPER V. SIMMONS (2005) ROPER V. SIMMONS -- YOUTUBE Maine juvenile justice: "Murder or Innocence" (WCSH6 news report) "Murder or Innocence" -- WCSH6 news report Lying' Eyes -- N.Y. Times Upfront Lyin' Eyes -- N.Y. TIMES upfront CNN rport -- new trend in juvenile prosecutions Ages for trying juveniles as adults Alex King testifying: preliminary hearing Nathaniel Abraham Joe Sullivan -- 13-year-old sentenced to life in prison Juvenile Prison "Locked Away Forever" -- life sentences How do the "criminal Amendments" relate to the Juvenile Justice System National Sovereignty Law & Terrorism FRIDAY CLASS MONDAY CLASS TROP v. DULLES (1958) FURMAN v. GEORGIA (1972) TUESDAY CLASS COKER v. GEORGIA (1972) GREGG v. GEORGIA (1976) ROPER v. SIMMONS (2005) Thompson v. Oklahoma (1987) Atkins v. Virginia (2003) THURSDAY CLASS 8th Amendment Case outlines APRIL 22, 2014 -- SOLITARY IN MAINE STATE PRISON ("FRONTLINE") FRIDAY CLASS Donna Bush free speech case -- moot court arguments Berkeley Law School Moot Court Competition (2011) Moot Court Project Descriptor WEDNESDAY CLASS ORAL ARGUMENTS -- MOCK SUPREME COURT SESSIONS & DESCRIPTOR THURSDAY CLASS FRIDAY CLASS Juvenile Justice System -- STREET LAW activity TUESDAY CLASS Moot Court arguments (high school students) Moot Court examples of free speech Moot Court Competitions (YOUTUBE access) WEDNESDAY CLASS THURSDAY CLASS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT -- corporal punishment in public schools 8th Amendment -- cruel and unusual punishment INGRAHAM V. WRIGHT (1978) Corporal Punishment in Schools -- "evolving consensus of society"? MONDAY CLASS INGRAHAM v. WRIGHT cartoon (1977) Data on Corporal Punishment in Public Schools -- a "consensus"? Spanking in public schools; how is a "consensus" determined? impact of international consensus: Michael Fay Singapore "caning" case Impact of INGRAHAM v. WRIGHT on student rights cases INGRAHAM v. WRIGHT analysis Impact of INGRAHAM v. WRIGHT on student rights (2nd analysis) TUESDAY CLASS: Moot Court [Justin & Zoe] Graham v. Florida (2009) Graham v. Florida (2009) -- juvenile life prison sentence WEDNESDAY CLASS Cruel and Unusual Punishments The Issue: What constitutes a "cruel and unusual punishment" within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment? 15-year-old Wayne Thompson on death row INGRAHAM v. WRIGHT review activity Hudson v. McMillian (1991) -- corporal punishment in prisons and the 8th Amendment T.J. Lane sentenced to 3 life-terms FRIDAY CLASS MEMORIAL DAY New move on execution methods.... We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution Constitutional Law Cases TUESDAY CLASS: Moot Court [Olivia & Kara] Roper v. Simmons (2006) -- juvenile death penalty and the 8th Amendment WEDNESDAY CLASS: Moot Court [Cole & Jake] Board of Education v. Earls (2001) -- searches in public schools & the 4th Amendment FRIDAY CLASS: Moot Court [Ben & Justin] Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (2001) -- arrests & the 4th Amendment MONDAY CLASS: Moot Court [Tait & Andrew] Ingraham v. Wright (1978) -- corporal punishment in public schools and 8th Amendment GRADUATION !! THURSDAY CLASS: Moot Court [Baylee & Kaylee] Kyllo v. 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