1. What You Should Know About the Law and……

2.  What do we call the person charge with a crime?  Who tries to prove the case?  Who helps defendant?  Who is in charge in the courtroom?  Who decides guilt of innocence?  How many jurors?  How many needed for verdict?  What is the standard of proof?

3.  What is a crime?  illegal act couple with intent to commit that act  Determined by state and federal code of laws  What is a party to a crime?  Anyone who causes, aids, abets, advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to commit a crime  Treated as if you committed the crime  What is the difference between federal court vs. state court?  What is the difference between jail and prison?  What is the difference between probation and parole?  What is the difference between juvenile court and superior court? How old do you have to be to be an adult?

4. Private attorney vs. Public Defender

5.  Which country in the world has the most prisoners?  United States (AJC)  1,605,127 as of 2011 (Pew research)- 2.3 million if you count people in local jails  More than one out of 100 adults- 7 times that of Canada  Russia is second

6.  Mostly men or women?  93% men  How about by race?  32% white, 38% AA, 22% Hispanic, 8% other  AA make up 12% of US population

7.  60,000 prison inmates (another 150,000 on probation)- one out of every 70 adults  What number in United States?  Seven out of fifty states, who is number one?  Louisiana  Racial Disparities  Georgia population 29% AA, what % of prison population?  64% (Gibbs magazine)  Economic effects  How much to keep someone in prison per day?  $46 (also, $4.43 a day to monitor someone on probation)  1 out of every 17 Georgia dollars goes to our prison system  Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Act

8.  Effects on the victim and the community  Prison time  Effect on children and other family member  Ability to get a job  Effect on marriage and relationships  Mental health effects  Physical health effects  Economic effects on prisoner  Economic effects on society  Label on the prisoner even after release (transition)

9.  Taking property of another from person or immediate presence of another by use of an offensive weapon, replica, or device having the appearance of an offensive weapons  Gun? Fake gun? Water pistol? Knife? Hammer? Bat? Mase?  5 guys in a car  What needs to be taken?  Shoes? $1 bill? Candy?  Sentencing?  10-20 or life, no parole  How old does the Defendant have to be?  GA SB 440 (1994)- Juvenile Justice Reform Act  Children 13-16 charged as adults for armed robbery (with a gun), murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape, aggravated child molestation, kidnapping, aggravated sexual battery  Sentence as adult

10.  Engaging in sexual intercourse with person under 16 years of age  Sentencing  Defendant under 21….1-20 years  Defendant over 21….10-20 years, 10 years must be served  Who has heard of Genarlow Wilson?  Victim 14-16, Defendant under 18, no more than 4 year difference……Misdemeanor  Sex Offender Registry  Act of sodomy or sexual battery- minimum 25 years  What if person consented?  What if person said that they were 17?  What if everyone is drunk?  What if no “sex”?

11.  Entering the dwelling house of another, or any building or other structure, or remaining therein, without authority with intent to commit a crime (OCGA 16.7.1)  Penalty?  1-20 years; Increases as more on record  Go in, look around, and don’t take anything?  Invited at first, and then stay?  Just a garage?  Don’t go into the house?

12.  2 types  Malice- killing someone in cold blood  Felony- causing the death of another while committing a felony  Do not need to have meant to kill anyone  Must be reasonable that felony could lead to death  Penalty?  life with parole, life without parole, death (OCGA 16.5.1)  Burglary scenario  Store clerk scenario  Stolen car scenario  Speeding scenario  Marijuana deal scenario

14.  Stay out of trouble  Stay busy!!!!!  If approached by police  Do not fight, be disrespectful, or give false information  Right to remain silent  Do not have to consent to searches  Consult with an attorney  Be good role models and great parents  Educate yourselves about your rights  SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!