Assignment:
Your final course project will consist of a 500 word minimum essay on the topics listed below. You may answer each question directly or put the essay in a paper form. Be sure to cite your sources. HINT: Questions are coming from the book and websites are provided, so finding sources shouldn't be too hard.
1. Vehicle Checkpoints: Read about the opposition to vehicle checkpoints. Is the critics' argument meritorious? Suggested URL: https://www.roadblock.org
2. Victim input in plea bargaining: read about the state of law as it concerns victim input into plea bargaining and give a summary. Suggested URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/ovc_archives/bulletins/legalseries/bulletin7/2.html
3. What are the three stages of jury selection? What are the requirements for a successful fair cross section challenge of a jury panel?
4. In what three ways is the defendant's rights to confrontation manifested? When does double jeopardy protections apply? What is entrapment defense? When can it succeed? Can entrapment rise to the level of a due process violation? If so, How?