CC+Final+Portfolio+&+Project

Your final exam portfolio addresses the concepts studied during the course of our class.
 * You are required to complete **four** of the six parts below **__plus__** a video or podcast on a famous crime.
 * For parts 1 & 2, everyone will write their responses to #1 & #3*.
 * For parts 3 & 4, select // **either** // #2, #4 #5 // **or** // #6 and complete it.

All work is due on or before Wednesday, January 16. Drop off in Ms Wolfe's office or email work that is complete before that date. * For #1 and #3, please type your response in Google Docs, not to exceed 800 words.


 * Constitutional Law **

• What types of constitutional issues are addressed in constitutional law? (hint, check the list of current cases we studied, landmark cases, etc) • Why is constitutional law important to study? • Support your answers with facts, history, and examples. • Type your final copy, 12 point font (Times, Palatino, a.k.a. plain or boring font), x1 1⁄2 spaced; pay attention to spelling, grammar, and do not use “I” in your paper or exceed 3 pages in length.
 * 1) 1. Think about what we learned about in our first quarter of study, the focus on Constitutional Law. In a written essay, organized in the order of your choice, answer this:

• An overview of the purpose of the court (in your own words, not quoted from anyone/anywhere else). • Justices on the court, past, present, future as you deem fit/appropriate. • The process of joining the US Supreme Court. • Reference to at least three websites that are helpful to learn more about the US Supreme Court and a short statement of what you will learn at each one. • If you create a brochure, it is expected to be created with a template from the above list. • Images (and of course, citations for all images you use).
 * 1) 2. How would you describe the US Supreme Court to someone who knows nothing about it? Design either a wiki page, a brochure (using a template for Word, Pages or Google Docs please), or Google site(log in to your TG Google docs, then click on "Sites" at the top menu to get started) teaching people about the Supreme Court. Your creation should include:


 * Criminal Law **
 * 1) 3. Which Amendment do you think is the most critical to the **Criminal** Justice System? (We studied those which are options for your response.) Write an essay addressing the Amendment, why it is important, and incorporate at least two examples of the Amendment in action in the news (sometime in the past 6 months is acceptable).

a.. Learn the difference between a jail and a prison. b. Select at least eight points of comparison points between jails and prisons (statistics, about the prisoners, time in incarceration, any points of comparison you like). Create a venn diagram demonstrating the similarities and differences between jails and prisons. Cite all sources. Bonus if you work incorporate images into your work. Possible helpful resources (you can, of course research more on your own): http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/ http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=269 http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=13 http://www.bop.gov/news/quick.jsp
 * 1) 4. A comparison of prisons and jails

Cover: "Parole" + a quote about parole (not probation) + your name Inside single flap: A chart or graph showing interesting statistics about parole. This link might be helpful. Inside of brochure, left panel: the definition of parole and an overview of the process to get parole [|This link might be helpful for federal] Middle inside panel: Facts about parole. Find your data here please. Inside of brochure, right panel: summary of a news story focused on parole. Include your source.
 * 1) 5. Parole Brochure - Create a brochure about Parole. Make it interesting. Panels are as follows:

a. Learn about plea bargains. What are they, how often are they used, any other interesting statistics about plea bargains. b. Use Oyez.org to learn about the cases listed below which pertain to the plea bargain process. For each case, summarize the case and the outcome. Also include your thoughts on the case. c. Find a current news article about plea bargaining. What is the case, how is plea bargaining being used? I do you agree with it or not?
 * 1) 6. Plea Bargains and the Supreme Court

Cases to explore:

Boykin v. Alabama (1969) Santobello v. New York (1971) Ricketts v. Adamson (1987) Bordenkircher v. Hayes (1978) Blackledge v. Allison (1976)