Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-K0uOyPu2EfF0lhbuNPqW-YUiWDr_j5TblFekvEtnGw/edit?usp=sharing
Question of the Day: Where do Americans stand on the death penalty and what is the US government's role in carrying it out?
Death Penalty Facts http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/19/us/death-penalty-fast-facts/index.html
Polls and Studies https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/national-polls-and-studies
Video: http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2014/04/30/us-death-sentence-study-stephen-saloom-intv.cnn
Exonerated: Cases by the numbers http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/justice/prisoner-exonerations-facts-innocence-project/index.html
Friday, January 12, 2018
Question of the Day: Where do Coloradans stand on the death penalty and how has the state government carried it out?
Death Penalty in Colorado
A History of the Death Penalty in Colorado http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/2012/03/23/history-death-penalty-colorado/3921/
Colorado Death Penalty Fact Sheet https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/colorado-1
Worksheet: Famous Colorado Criminals
Blank https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lNy2IjJgBrsiqa8ZRg3-6CjK82HxKFZW11OZ2Ro418U/edit?usp=sharing
Monday, January 15
No School Dr. King Day
Wednesday, January 17
Question of the Day: What factors influence who gets the death penalty and who gets life in prison?
Watch: Nathan Dunlap CNN Documentary https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/6eimtc/nathan_dunlap_eye_for_an_eye_2014_a_documentary/
Read and discuss:
Governor Hickenlooper Grants Reprieve https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/COexecutiveorder.pdf
George Brauchler Criticism of Hickenlooper Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2zx_RdjBOg
Election Results Favor Death Row Inmate http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/31/us/death-row-stories-dunlap/index.html
George Brauchler running for Governor https://www.george2018.com/letter
Friday, January 19
Question of the Day: What factors influence who gets the death penalty and who gets life in prison?
Discuss: What are capital crimes?
Watch: Nathan Dunlap CNN Documentary https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/6eimtc/nathan_dunlap_eye_for_an_eye_2014_a_documentary/
Read and discuss:
Retired Colorado Corrections Officer Raises Questions of Deterrence, Innocence https://www.denverpost.com/2016/01/11/colorado-voices-undermining-the-death-penalty/
High Trial Costs Put Death Penalty Under Scrutiny in Arizona, Colorado https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/6438
Research and discuss: How does race impact decisions about the death penalty?
Monday, January 22, 2018
Question of the Day: Why is eyewitness testimony sometimes unreliable? Should it be relied upon at trial?
Watch and Discuss
Awareness Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSQJP40PcGI
The Eyewitness Test https://public.psych.iastate.edu/glwells/theeyewitnesstest.html
Eyewitness Testimony Accuracy Experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KffGHRXED0
Watch and Discuss:
Picking Cotton (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-SBTRLoPuo
Picking Cotton (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4V6aoYuDcg
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Question of the Day: What is it like to sit on a jury?
Guest Speaker: Nikki Kenney
Question of the Day: Where do you stand on the death penalty?
Pros and Cons:
https://www.balancedpolitics.org/death_penalty.htm
https://deathpenalty.procon.org/
https://soapboxie.com/government/Death-Penalty-Pros-and-Cons
Writing: Reflections on the Death Penalty https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xhwc3GVkKd0LT4Nc2rr8yR5RFrHSeUikH87LB_ld4Ik/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Field trip to the Jefferson County Courthouse
Friday, January 26, 2018
Debrief Field Trip
What is felony menacing? https://www.colorado-criminal-lawyer.com/felony_cases/menacing.htmlJudge Laura Tighe https://ballotpedia.org/Laura_A._Tighe
Judicial Selection in Colorado https://ballotpedia.org/Judicial_selection_in_Colorado
You Be the Jury
Monday, January 29, 2018
12 Angry Men
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
12 Angry Men
Friday, February 2, 2018
No School
Monday, February 5, 2018
Mock Trial
http://streetlaw.org/en/Page/62/Criminal_mock_trials
Assignment: Read over the witness statements and take notes to prepare for trial.
Discuss Sample Questions and Objections
file:///home/chronos/u1c81451073b6a7933db2364e241dd9388a0dbd18/Downloads/new%20columbia%20v%20chris%20archer%20(2).pdf
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Mock Trial Preparation http://streetlaw.org/en/Page/62/Criminal_mock_trials
Witness Worksheet for Teams https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vgoi4rWzboDAxU8mIn_qWnr8j7CtIaamZqB9a22FyE8/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, February 9, 2018
Opening Statements https://apps.americanbar.org/labor/lel-aba-annual/papers/2003/mcwilliams.pdf
Watch Example Prosecution Opening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAIKy8GvYQ&disable_polymer=true
Mock Trial Preparation http://streetlaw.org/en/Page/62/Criminal_mock_trials
Monday, February 12, 2018
Watch Example Prosecution Opening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAIKy8GvYQ&disable_polymer=true
Watch Example of Defense Opening Statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzU2Zo37tpg
Mueller Trial Outcome https://www.denverpost.com/2013/11/19/montrose-prosecutor-wont-try-fred-mueller-a-third-time-for-murder/
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Trial Order https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/trial
Worksheet for Teams https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oi5KjVF9yCLkEjen3kDWC5oxQMEX37yyBOpgYU1avMw/edit?usp=sharing
Assignment: The attorneys will present written questions to the witnesses from their side and the witnesses will re-read their statements and write down the answers to the questions with help from the attorneys. (Witnesses may help by suggesting questions that they should be asked to help the team) Submit these to me on a paper or a Google Doc.
Friday, February 16, 2018
Watch 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
Monday, February 19, 2018
No School
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Watch 3 1/2 minutes, 10 Bullets
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Field Trip to Jefferson County Courthouse
Legislative Day at Colorado State House - Chloe and Orin
Friday, February 23, 2018
Guest Teacher: Pete Tierney
Debrief Courtroom Trial and Legislative Day
Preparation for Mock Trial - Chris Archer v New Columbia
http://streetlaw.org/en/Page/62/Criminal_mock_trials
Monday, February 26, 2018
Preparation for Mock Trial - Chris Archer v New Columbia
Practice questions for Witnesses
http://streetlaw.org/en/Page/62/Criminal_mock_trials
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Preparation for Mock Trial - Chris Archer v New Columbia
Friday, March 2, 2018
Watch Trial Opening Statements
Mock Trial Opening Statement (Civil Trial) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYIIWLGa5gg
Zimmerman Trial https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/justice/zimmerman-trial/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPNOW5mGxeM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSids7Bknsc
Monday, March 5, 2018
Preparation for Mock Trial - Chris Archer v New Columbia
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Mock Trial
Friday, March 9, 2018
Last Day of Class
Resources
Mock Trial
Sentencing Reform: https://www.sentencingproject.org/
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/22/felony-crimes-increase-colorado-criminal-justice-reform/
Clemency https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/opinion/obama-prisoners-clemency.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
Juvenile Justice - When Kids Get Life
Mock Trial
- Prosecution Sample Opening Statement https://www.scribd.com/document/256899394/Prosecution-Sample-Opening-Statement
- Prosecution Sample Opening Statement https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h9Ci8l5OBbKoiWKcgZUKPI6BhSNmYj4pHP-LFXZj13o/edit?usp=sharing
- Prosecution Sample Opening Statement http://sites.utexas.edu/elizabethreadsandwrites/persuasive-projects/prosecution-opening-statement/
- Pro Con Arguments https://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=002000
- Amnesty International https://www.amnestyusa.org/issues/death-penalty/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-ebSBRC8ARIsAGuxJIoH__oTEbLeYe7QE1ZjgGzwM9UWIOYc59itA2ZTEY073Z_wUTX5jEUaAgImEALw_wcB
- Pro Con arguments https://deathpenalty.procon.org/
- BBC Arguments in Favor of and Against Capital Punishment http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpunishment/
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Sentencing Reform: https://www.sentencingproject.org/
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/22/felony-crimes-increase-colorado-criminal-justice-reform/
Clemency https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/opinion/obama-prisoners-clemency.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
Juvenile Justice - When Kids Get Life
What does the word crime mean?
What things should be crimes? Who decides what is a crime? Who catches criminals? Who decides on the punishments for criminals?
How much crime is there around us? Should we be worried about crime?
Colorado Sees Big Increase in Crime in 2016
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/11/colorado-sees-big-increase-crime-10-percent-higher-murder-rate/
A Dive Into Colorado Crime Data in 5 Charts
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/a-dive-into-colorado-crime-data-in-5-charts
How do you feel about crime and punishment? Are you a "law and order" kind of person? or Do you have "progressive" ideas about crime?
Law and Order
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/crime/343717-the-criminals-case-progressive-politics-why-big-cities-are-being
Progressive Ideas
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128799045002002
3 Branches of Government
Who represents you in government?
Federal
State Find my Legislator http://leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator
Local
Legislative Process How a bill becomes Colorado law https://www.coloradoea.org/content/how-bill-becomes-colorado-law
https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21625820-young-are-passionate-opinionated-and-barely-aware-elections-lets-set-world
Register to vote https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtml (Alternate assignment: Read this article, and on a Google Doc which you print and submit to me,summarize the reasons given for voting, and state your thoughts about voting. Article: http://www.askyourdadblog.com/2012/11/3-simple-reasons-why-voting-is-important.html )
What things should be crimes? Who decides what is a crime? Who catches criminals? Who decides on the punishments for criminals?
How much crime is there around us? Should we be worried about crime?
Colorado Sees Big Increase in Crime in 2016
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/11/colorado-sees-big-increase-crime-10-percent-higher-murder-rate/
A Dive Into Colorado Crime Data in 5 Charts
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/a-dive-into-colorado-crime-data-in-5-charts
How do you feel about crime and punishment? Are you a "law and order" kind of person? or Do you have "progressive" ideas about crime?
Law and Order
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/crime/343717-the-criminals-case-progressive-politics-why-big-cities-are-being
Progressive Ideas
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128799045002002
3 Branches of Government
Who represents you in government?
Federal
State Find my Legislator http://leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator
Local
Legislative Process How a bill becomes Colorado law https://www.coloradoea.org/content/how-bill-becomes-colorado-law
https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21625820-young-are-passionate-opinionated-and-barely-aware-elections-lets-set-world
Register to vote https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtml (Alternate assignment: Read this article, and on a Google Doc which you print and submit to me,summarize the reasons given for voting, and state your thoughts about voting. Article: http://www.askyourdadblog.com/2012/11/3-simple-reasons-why-voting-is-important.html )
New Material
New York Times: Capital Punishment Deserves a Quick Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/opinion/capital-punishment-death-penalty.html
They Call Us Monsters: Teenage Boys Facing Life in Prison Become Screenwriters http://www.salon.com/2017/07/05/they-call-us-monsters-documentary-netfix-trailer/#.WV2vtSuoIhs.facebook
Kids in Cuffs - video http://www.pbs.org/video/insight-john-ferrugia-insight-john-ferrugia-kids-cuffs/
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Course Description https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ICmfQJm7CsVE7ygQZ_eI92tCmlSNpQaRHAUp5WQh4Y/edit?usp=sharing
Essential Questions for this Course: How well is our criminal justice system balancing the safety of the community with individual rights? How "just" is our justice system ? What can we do to make our system more just?
Complete and Discuss Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d77UACwbtkZvSZFS2o2DInRVCjHNrp9iBZI4Co4AHN4/edit?usp=sharing
New York Times: Capital Punishment Deserves a Quick Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/opinion/capital-punishment-death-penalty.html
They Call Us Monsters: Teenage Boys Facing Life in Prison Become Screenwriters http://www.salon.com/2017/07/05/they-call-us-monsters-documentary-netfix-trailer/#.WV2vtSuoIhs.facebook
Kids in Cuffs - video http://www.pbs.org/video/insight-john-ferrugia-insight-john-ferrugia-kids-cuffs/
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Course Description https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ICmfQJm7CsVE7ygQZ_eI92tCmlSNpQaRHAUp5WQh4Y/edit?usp=sharing
Essential Questions for this Course: How well is our criminal justice system balancing the safety of the community with individual rights? How "just" is our justice system ? What can we do to make our system more just?
Complete and Discuss Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d77UACwbtkZvSZFS2o2DInRVCjHNrp9iBZI4Co4AHN4/edit?usp=sharing