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Cruel and Unusual Punishments The Issue: What co...
Cruel and Unusual Punishments The Issue: What constitutes a "cruel and unusual punishment" within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment?
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MAINE STATUTES SEARCH
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JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW News forum
Maine Supreme Judicial Court oral arguments
On-Line Pilot Courtroom Program
Federal Court Rules of Evidence (website)
N.Y. Times upfront magazine
STREET LAW text
High School mock trial competition video
Alcohol and Minors in Maine
FindLaw court cases
Criminal Justice in America: Constitutional Rights Foundation website
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Maine Criminal Code
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices
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Bill of Rights: Cases and Controversies
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Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Constitution
JUSTICE PRE-TEST answer key
JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW MOCK SUPREME COURT HEARINGS
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
TUESDAY CLASS
Appeals Path to U.S. Supreme Court
location of state and federal appeals courts
WEDNESDAY CLASS
implanted memories
THURSDAY CLASS
JUSTICE Activity -- Witness Identification Problems
PERRY V. NEW HAMPSHIRE (2011) -- eye witness IDs and due process
video-clip: Self Incrimination under the 5th Amendment
Maine Criminal Statutes search
MONDAY CLASS
Tuesday class
Wednesday class
FRIDAY CLASS
cartoon after the Supeme Court decision in STANFORD V. KENTUCKY (1989)
N.Y. 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
Brief outline format
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
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. United States (2001) -- thermal-imaging devices and 4th Amendment
Criminal Trial Procedure in "My Cousin Vinny"
MY COUSIN VINNY trailer
FRIDAY CLASS
D-Day
MONDAY CLASS
"MY COUSIN VINNY" -- criminal trial procedures quiz study guide
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
THE ROLE OF A TRIAL JUDGE IN A PRELIMINARY HEARING
The Trial Process
WEDNESDAY CLASS
American Bar Association Journal poll -- the 25 greatest trial films
Criminal Justice Process
THURSDAY CLASS
JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW exam #4 -- 8th Amendment
Eighth Amendment
FINAL EXAM PERIOD -- FRIDAY JUNE 13 (12:30-2:00)
15-year-old Wayne Thompson on death row ►