• Identify a high-profile criminal case, historical or contemporary, that got extensive news coverage, in which the offender was convicted and sentenced. Make sure that the case provides information about the crime, the defendant, and the sentence.
• Reflect on whether the sentence was appropriate to the crime and assess how the defendant's characteristics might have influenced the sentencing decision.
• a brief description of the criminal case you selected. Explain how specific characteristics of the offender in the case might have influenced sentencing. Be specific.