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2. JUS 505 Week 1 Assignment 1 Plea Bargaining Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: Write an essay (500-750 words) on the constitutionality of the plea bargaining process. Be sure to do the following: Your essay should include an analysis of the Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Ruiz, 536 U.S. 622 (2002), in which the court held that prosecutors need not inform defendants about the disparity during negotiations involved in the plea bargaining process. Give your reaction to this ruling.

3. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 1 Assignment 2 Annotated Bibliography For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: As a graduate student at GCU, it is vitally important for you to know how to conduct research using the GCU eLibrary. Before you begin the assignment, be sure to access and read JUS 505: Library Resource. Access the GCU eLibrary and locate five peer-reviewed articles on the effectiveness and usefulness of the juvenile justice system. Copy and paste the citations and abstracts of each article into a Word document.

4. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 1 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Research and read the Supreme Court case Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 261 (1971). Analyze why, even though the Supreme Court had ruled that plea bargaining was an essential and desirable part of the criminal justice system, the Attorney General of Alaska, Avrum Gross, ordered an end to all plea bargaining in 1975. Do you agree with the Attorney General’s decision? Explain your position.

5. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 1 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss the ethical and legal implications involved in the plea bargain offered to Paul Hayes, who was offered a 5-year sentence for a guilty plea for attempting to pass a bad check, in exchange for not going to trial under Kentucky’s three-strike law.

6. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 2 Assignment Jury Selection Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Jury Selection Essay Details: For this assignment, you will construct a cross-sectional jury according to jury empanelment requirements as established by such rulings as Taylor v. Louisiana. Use the following items to complete the assignment:

7. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 3 Assignment Mandatory Sentencing Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details Write an essay (1,000-1,250 words) that presents both sides of the argument for and against mandatory sentencing laws. Your essay should analyze the discretion in sentencing federal judges had prior to the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act, which was transferred to the District Attorney’s office after passage of the Act.” Your essay should reflect your opinion regarding this process:

8. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 4 Assignment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: Write an essay of 750 to 1,000 words. Explain in general terms the concept of voir dire. What is this process in the United States and how is it accomplished. Describe what ‘challenge for cause’ means. Describe the type of circumstances where a lawyer may want to make a challenge for cause. Describe what a ‘peremptory challenge’ means. Describe the type of circumstances where a lawyer may want to make a peremptory challenge.

9. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 4 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com The textbook readings for this module argue both sides of the assertion that supermax prisons are infringing on the constitutional rights of prisoners. Which side do you agree with? Explain why. Also, find at least one additional scholarly source that discusses the impact of supermax prisons on the criminal justice system. Discuss how supermax prisons have impacted criminal justice for good or bad.

10. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 4 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss the legal ethics involved in administratively transferring an inmate to a supermax prison.

11. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 5 Assignment Death Penalty Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: Write an essay (1,250-1,500 words) that presents arguments for and against the abolishment of the death penalty. In your essay, be sure to do the following: Include statistics regarding the use of the death penalty as a deterrent. Explain how the death penalty has impacted law enforcement. Explain if there is or is not empirically verified support for the use of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.

12. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 5 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss whether the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 after a 4-year hiatus did or did not result in an empirically verified deterrent. Explain if you are in favor of or against the death penalty. Support your position

13. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 6 Assignment Juvenile Justice Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: Write an essay (1,000-1,250 words) that discusses the possibility of eliminating the juvenile justice system. Your essay should clearly state your position on the following items: How has the juvenile justice system impacted law enforcement? Explain if there are benefits and/or negatives to transitioning away from the traditional juvenile justice system into simply having youth divisions of regular criminal courts. Compare and contrast the juvenile system to the criminal court system. Explain if eliminating the juvenile justice system is prudent or not. Support your conclusions.

14. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 6 Discussion 1 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Does parenspatriae truly still exist under the current U.S. juvenile justice system? Explain why you feel the way you do. Give examples to support your claims.

15. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 6 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com In Georgia, a 13-year-old individual who commits a felony with a gun is automatically waived to adult criminal court and is likely to receive a long sentence in an adult prison. How is such a policy consistent with the American concept of justice? Support your answer with examples.

16. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 7 Assignment War on Drugs Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: Write an essay (500-750 words) that describes both sides of the debate on the costs versus the benefits of continuing the War on Drugs. Consider the following in your essay: How can legalizing drugs reduce crime? Could legalizing drugs actually increase crime? Explain and support your answers. Research the Posse Comitatus Act. How is the use of military force in drug enforcement activities impacted by the Act?

17. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 8 Assignment Patriot Act Essay For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Details: Write an essay (750-1,000 words) that describes possible pros and cons of the Patriot Act. Your essay should present the viewpoints held by those in support and in opposition of this legislation. Be sure to do the following in your essay: Explain whether the following statement is valid: “The Patriot Act has restricted the rights of individual Americans.” Provide sources to support your claims.

18. JUS 505 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com JUS 505 Week 8 Discussion 2 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Discuss McCarthy’s contention that government access of library records under the Patriot Act is a nonissue. Do you believe that government surveillance of library records is a nonissue? Why or why not?

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