A woman in her mid-thirties suffered from a rare malignancy in her brain and around her spinal cord. She had surgery, and most of the tumor mass was removed, but residual tumor remained in the brain and around the spinal cord. The doctors informed her that chemotherapy and radiation were possible treatment options but could …
The defendant and his wife argued. She raised a knife above her head and stated, “Don’t make me use this.” The defendant took the knife away and thereafter stabbed the victim forty-three times in the head and chest with it. The defendant wants to make an imperfect self-defense argument. Will you accept or reject the …
The Founding Fathers wanted the courts to be protected from politics. In what ways was the judiciary designed to limit the role of politics? Are the courts completely immune from politics in their work? Why or why not? What role does politics play in Supreme Court confirmation proceedings? Should there be term limits for federal …
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been featured in the news for an array of reasons, positive and negatives. Describe the history, components, and their areas of responsibility in DHS
Determine an internet privacy/safety policy, law, or rule you would like to change or create.• This can be a policy which impacts society overall (i.e. Internet Privacy Bill, Net Neutrality Rules, Social Media rules, etc.), or a policy specific to your own work environment.• Hint – our textbook provides some great starting guidelines.• You will …
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This week we have looked at some of the laws, treaties, and acts from the United States and other countries associated with human trafficking. This assignment will compare some of those laws to the laws in the United States. This paper can be a 2 column chart comparing them or written in paragraph format. …
Judges sign off on warrants according to the information provided by police. The no-knock warrant used in the Breonna Taylor case was based on multiple pieces of faulty information that resulted in her death at the hands of the police serving the warrant. Review the time line of the Breonna Taylor …
Are there risks that probation will become too dependent on technology through such methods as supervision kiosks, for example, and thereby fail to devote sufficient human resources for supervision and services?Are there risks that technical failures, such as erroneously believing that an electronical device is working properly, will lead to problems that increased human supervision …
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Evidence-based sentencing reflects an effort to incorporate a rehabilitative focus into the design of criminal sanctions. Is this an appropriate job for judges? Do judges know enough about the causes of criminal behavior to accurately apply information from the EBS process to their attempts to tailor an appropriate sanction that will simultaneously punish and reduce …
In the case of Coker v. Pershad, Terence Pershad, the driver of a tow truck for Five Star Auto Service, responded to a call to AAA North Jersey, Inc. for road assistance by the driver of a car involved in an accident. Pershad got into a fight with Nicholas Coker, a passenger in the …
