Good morning! Review Practice Quiz
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GOOD MORNING! REVIEW PRACTICE QUIZ
Define crimeCriminologyList three factors that contribute to crime.What are the Four types of Punishment?What are the components of the Criminal Justice
System?What are two descriptors of someone who commits a
hate crime?
Crime Note Quiz 5/14
Agenda and Objective: Through notes and survey students will identify major issues over the death penalty.
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STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
Read the controversial experiment and answer the discussion questions
The experiment
THE DEATH PENALTY
Is the death penalty immoral? Is the death penalty a deterrentShould executions be public?Does a person’s ethnic and social economic
background factor in someone getting the death penalty?
Should doctors participate in executions?Should the death penalty be used as retribution? (Eye
for eye?) Is life in prison a better option that the death
penalty? Is the death penalty unconstitutional?
QUESTIONS
Grab a computer or your mobile device
Finish your work on your Death Penalty questions (10 minutes)
Agenda and Objective: Through notes and survey students will identify major issues over the death penalty.
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Quiz on Tuesday…What you need to know
Agenda and Objective: Through notes and survey students will identify major issues over the death penalty.
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Define CrimeDefine CriminologyCauses of CrimeFactors contributing to crime Ingredients of a crimeDescription of hate crime offendersTypes of PunishmentDeath penalty cases (matching)Aggravating and mitigating factors
FOR YOUR QUIZ
Furman v. Georgia , 408 U.S. 238 (1972):The application of the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Gregg v. Georgia , 428 U.S. 153 (1976): The death penalty is constitutional.
Coker v. Georgia , 433 U.S. 584 (1977):Death sentences for the rape of an adult woman violate the Eighth Amendment.
Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002):The execution of a person with "mental retardation" violates the Eighth Amendment.
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005):The Constitution prohibits the execution of individuals who were under 18 at the time of the offense.
Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008):The U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a Louisiana statute that allowed the death penalty for the rape of a child where the victim did not die.
COURT CASES YOU NEED TO KNOW…
Federal OffensesStates and the Death PenaltyPA
FACTS
FACTORS IN A DEATH PENALTY CASE
Mitigating factors (background factors that work in the
defendant's favor at sentencing)
Aggravating factors("real offense" characteristics that work against the
defendant)
1. No significant prior record2. Extreme mental or emotional disturbance3. Defendant was a minor participant in the crime4. Defendant was a youth at the time of the offense
1. Prior record of felonies2. Offense is a felony murder3. Offense involved more than one victim4. Victim was a police officer or other public official5. Torture or heinous crime6. Defendant tried to avoid arrest7. Defendant tried to escape
AGGRAVATING VS. MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
(1)The murder was especia l ly he inous, atroc ious, cruel or depraved (or involved tor ture)(2) The capita l offense was committed dur ing the commiss ion of , attempt of , or escape from a specified fe lony (such as robbery, k idnapping, rape, sodomy, arson, ora l copulat ion, t ra in wrecking, car jacking, cr iminal gang act iv i ty , drug dea l ing, or a i rcraft p iracy)(3)The murder was committed inc ident to a h igh jack ing(4) The defendant knowingly created a grave r isk of death for one or more persons in addit ion to the v ic t im of the offense(5) The defendant committed or attempted to commit more than one murder at the same t ime(6) The murder was committed for pecuniary ga in or pursuant to an agreement that the defendant wou ld rece ive something of va lue(7) The defendant caused or d i rected another to commit murder, or the defendant procured the commiss ion of the offense by payment, promise of payment, or anyth ing of pecuniary value(8) The defendant has been convicted of , or committed, a pr ior murder , a fe lony involv ing v io lence, or other ser ious fe lony(9)The v ict im was a ch i ld under 12 years of age(10)At the t ime of the k i l l ing the v ict im was in her th i rd t r imester of pregnancy or the defendant had knowledge of the v ic t im’s pregnancy
AGGRAVATING… PENNSYLVANIA (18)
(11) The v ic t im was a government employee, inc lud ing peace officers , po l ice officers , federa l agents , firefighters , judges , jurors , defense attorneys , and prosecutors , in the course of h is or her dut ies(12)The v ict im was a pub ic servant concerned in officia l detent ion who was k i l led in the per formance of h is dut ies or as a resul t o f h is official pos i t ion(13)The v ict im was the Attorney General o f Pennsylvania , a deputy attorney genera l , d is tr i ct at torney, ass is tant d is t r ic t attorney, member of the genera l assembly, governor , l ieutenant governor , aud i tor genera l , s tate t reasurer who was k i l led in the per formance of h is dut ies or as a resul t o f h is official pos i t ion(14)The murder was committed against a person he ld as a sh ie ld , as a hostage, or for ransom(15)The murder was committed against a wi tness in a cr iminal p roceeding to p revent the wi tness f rom appear ing(16)The v ict im was a nongovernmenta l in formant and the defendant commit ted the murder or was an accompl ice to the k i l l ing…and the k i l l ing was in retal iat ion for the v ic t im’s act iv i t ies(17)The v ict im was involved , assoc iated, or in compet i t ion wi th the defendant in the sa le , manufacture , d is t r ibut ion , or de l ivery of any contro l led substance or counter fe i t contro l led substance(18)At the t ime of the k i l l ing the defendant was sub ject to a court order rest r i ct ing in any way the defendant ’s behav ior toward the v ict im or any other order of a court o f common p leas or o f the minor jud ic iary des ignated in whole or in part to protect the v ic t im f rom the defendant
CONTD…
(1) The defendant has no s ignificant history of prior criminal convictions. (2) The defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or
emotional disturbance. (3) The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminal i ty of his
conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was substantial ly impaired.
(4) The age of the defendant at the t ime of the crime. (5) The defendant acted under extreme duress, although not such duress
as to constitute a defense to prosecution under 18 Pa.C.S. § 309 (relating to duress), or acted under the substantial domination of another person.
(6) The vict im was a participant in the defendant’s homicidal conduct or consented to the homicidal acts.
(7) The defendant’s participation in the homicidal act was relat ively minor.
(8) Any other evidence of mit igation concerning the character and record of the defendant and the circumstances of his offense.
PA: MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES (8)
Quiz tomorrow!Finish your Case studies
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CASE STUDIES
In your group, read the four death penalty cases.Make a list of mitigating circumstances.Make a list of aggravating circumstances.Weigh both. If the case calls for leniency, should
recommend life in Prison. If the crime is barbarous in nature, recommend the
Death Penalty.
Quiz is now Wednesday!
Agenda and objective: finish going over aggravating and mitigating circumstances, video.
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LAST MEALS PROJECT
LAST STATEMENTS
Bell Ringer: How many states have the death penalty? Which State just recently ended the death penalty?
Agenda and Objective: Finish up video, Students will then begin to work on their final exam review
Final exam: Tuesday January 14!
Grade book closes January 15!
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