Assignment:
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Should morality, in and of itself, be considered a sufficient basis for defining particular conduct as criminal?
2. What are the chief distinctions between the civil law and the criminal law? Why do criminal and civil law sometimes overlap?
3. To what extent is the English common law significant in contemporary American criminal law?
4. What is the essential difference between substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law? Give examples of each.
5. What means of punishment for criminal offenses exist in your state? Is capital punishment available for persons convicted of first-degree murder? Which punishments, if any, do you think are most effective in controlling crime?
6. Was the Supreme Court right to prohibit the execution of juvenile offenders, regardless of the heinousness of their crimes?