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1 Law 12 This page must be completed and submitted with your Substantive Assignment. Incomplete or missing information WILL NOT be processed. NOTE: Registration forms with attached, completed Substantive Assignments and attached Residency and Citizenship documents will be processed faster! Attach the completed Substantive Assignment to your registration form. Student Information (Please print or type) LEGAL LAST NAME LEGAL FIRST NAME LEGAL MIDDLE NAME (if applicable) DATE OF BIRTH (yyyy/mm/dd) GENDER (M or F) EXPECTED COURSE COMPLETION DATE (yyyy/mm/dd) STUDENT S HOME PHONE NUMBER CELL PHONE NUMBER Are you attending another Secondary School? Yes or No (please circle) If yes, what school? Parent/Guardian Information (not applicable for a learner over 19 years of age) PARENT/GUARDIAN S LEGAL NAME PARENT/GUARDIAN S CELL PHONE NUMBER WORK PHONE NUMBER GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SUBSTANTIVE ASSIGNMENT! OFFICE USE ONLY MARK: / Instructional Feedback TEACHER: Date: Teacher Signature:

2 ** Please note there is a Reading Booklet on our website Law 12 Substantive Assignment 35 marks total Type all of your answers in the space below. Save your work as a.doc or.rtf file and submit it to the SAIL office with your registration form. Law 12 Prescribed Learning Outcomes addressed by this assignment: It is expected that students will: Foundations of Law A1 describe principles of law, including rule of law rule of precedent justice A2 describe concepts of law, including moral vs. legal issues Criminal Law B1 evaluate principles of criminal law B2 analyze processes of criminal law, including rights of the accused interests of the state arrest and trial procedure B3 analyze the goals and processes of sentencing Part A: Law 12 Bio Blog 5 marks Please type up a word introduction the class. (type it in the space below) Include one or more of the following in your entry: a. a picture of yourself or of a favorite place, thing, band, memory etc b. where you grew up c. where you go to school (optional) d. why you are taking Law 12 Online e. activities that you are involved in f. anything special about yourself

3 In your blog entry, please discuss in one or two sentences one favorite website. Alternatively, describe a website that your fellow classmates are likely to find useful. In your entry, please explain why the website you selected is a favorite or useful. when you get access to your online course, please copy and paste your entry onto the Law 12 Discussions board (link for this appears on the homepage of your course) Part B Through a Blue Lens Video Assignment 10 marks Please type your answers in the space below (instructions on next page) Step 1 Watch Through a Blue Lens this is an award winning 48 minute documentary about Vancouver s downtown Eastside from a collection of Vancouver Police officers who call themselves the Odd Squad. To view the video, please follow the link below: (press Ctrl + click) Step 2 - Through a Blue Lens Written Responses After viewing the Through a Blue Lens videos please type a response to each of the following questions in the space below each question. * note: Nicola comes from a very wealthy family needless to say, she had access to all the support in the world to help her get off drugs. It didn t work for her, but can intervention work for others? 1) Pick one: Randy or Nicola. Below, tell me the following about either Randy or Nicola a) What problems does this individual have? b) How long has he/she lived on the street?

4 c) What is the likelihood that this individual will eventually kick their drug habit and live life without drugs? What makes you sure about your prediction? 2) At what age do you think the people in the video began to use drugs? Why do you think they started? 3) Many people believe that these people caused their own problems by abusing drugs and/or alcohol. Do you agree or disagree? Are any of them suffering from mental illness? 4) If we, as a society, decide NOT to help addicted people what might happen to them? What might happen to our society? ** additional note: If you attend our class field trip to the courthouse at Main & Hastings, you will have a chance to meet Mr. Steve McMurdo. Steve was Nicola s lawyer for many years.

5 Part C The Death Penalty 10 marks read the passages below and write out whether each quotation is for or against the death penalty complete questions in the space provided of this booklet In Canada, we do not have the death penalty. There were 710 executions in Canada between 1867 and The last execution was carried out on December 11, 1962 when 2 men were hanged in Toronto, Ontario. #1. The following is a list of quotes from various writers, world leaders, jurists and law enforcers. Assignment: In the space provided after each quote, identify whether or not the speaker is for or against the death penalty. I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundation of a society. I reject the notion that the death penalty has any essential deterrent effect on potential offenders. I am convinced that the contrary is true - that savagery begets only savagery. Andrei Sakharov ( write in for or against the death penalty ) b) All the men and women whom I have faced at that final moment, convince me that in what I have done, I have not prevented a single murder. Albert Pierrepoint (Britain's hangman for 25 years) (write in for or against) c) "If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call." John McAdams (Marquette University; Department of Political Science)

6 d) Death penalty is irrevocable; it cannot be recalled. It is destructive of the right to life. Howsoever careful may be the procedural safeguards erected by the law before the penalty is imposed, it is impossible to eliminate the chance of judicial error. One innocent man being hanged should be enough to wipe out the value of capital punishment for ever. Justice P. N. Bhagwati e) I shall ask for abolition of the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgement demonstrated to me. Marquis de Lafayette ( ) f) I m satisfied that everybody who has been put to death in the state of Texas has been given full accord under the law. I believe our system has treated people on death row fairly. George W. Bush source: Associated Press g) My brother was a man of love and sentiment and compassion. He would not have wanted his death to be cause for the taking of another life. Senator Edward Kennedy (on the assassination of his brother Robert by Sirhan Sirhan)

7 h) Execution of those who have committed heinous murders may deter only one murder per year. If it does, it seems quite warranted. It is also the only fitting retribution for murder I can think of. Ernest van den Haag (Professor of Jurisprudence and Public Policy, Fordham University) i) The death penalty is a warning, just like a lighthouse throwing its beams out to sea. We hear about shipwrecks, but we do not hear about the ships the lighthouse guides safely on their way. We do not have proof of the number of ships it saves, but we do not tear the lighthouse down. Hyman Barshay (poet) j) "It currently costs three times as much -- more than $2 million per inmate -- to carry out the death sentence than to keep an inmate in prison for 40 years. In other words, it's cheaper to lock 'em up and throw away the key... It's something to consider." Jim Mattox (Former Texas Attorney General) [the high cost of death sentences comes from the high number of appeals an inmate on death row in the US has access to. Higher courts, including State Superior Courts, the Governor of each state, and the President of the United States all have the power to commute (overturn) a death sentence if it can be found that errors were made during the trial of the convicted inmate. Normally, each of these appeals does not overturn the sentence, but they are very costly in terms of court time and legal fees it can take up to 12 years before an inmate has exhausted all of the appeals available to him or her].

8 k) "Indeed, the decision that capital punishment may be the appropriate sanction in extreme cases is an expression of the community's belief that certain crimes are themselves so grievous an affront to humanity that the only adequate response may be the penalty of death." Supreme Court of the United States 2. Based on the above opinions and your own prior knowledge, write down at least three arguments (reasons) for and three arguments against the death penalty in the space below: Arguments For Arguments Against 3. Paragraph Response Some background information to help get you started: In 1976, Canada abolished the death penalty by a close margin of just six votes in the House of Commons. When the same issue was examined again in 1987, a motion to reinstate the death penalty was defeated by eleven votes (very close again). In both cases, Parliament members were given the freedom to vote according to their own beliefs, rather than along party lines (this is called a free vote ). The issue of the death penalty has led to considerable debate in Canada. Opinion polls indicate that the majority of Canadians support the death penalty. However, the majority of politicians are either opposed to the death penalty or are so worried about the divisions that it will create that they avoid discussing the death penalty for fear that it will end up costing them votes.

9 Twenty Years of Abolition: the Canadian Experience Amnesty International Canada (Note: Amnesty International is an organization that is working to abolish the use of the death penalty in all countries ) Contrary to predictions by death penalty supporters, the homicide rate in Canada did not increase after abolition in In fact, the Canadian murder rate declined slightly the following year (from 2.8 per 100,000 to 2.7). Over the next 20 years the homicide rate fluctuated (between 2.2 and 2.8 per 100,000), but the general trend was clearly downwards. It reached a 30-year low in 1995 (1.98) -- the fourth consecutive year-to-year decrease and a full one-third lower than in the year before abolition. In 1998, the homicide rate dipped below 1.9 per 100,000, the lowest rate since the 1960s. The overall conviction rate for first-degree murder doubled in the decade following abolition (from under 10% to approximately 20%), suggesting that Canadian juries are more willing to convict for murder now that they are not compelled to make life-and-death decisions. All of Canada's national political parties formally oppose the reintroduction of the death penalty, with the exception of the Conservative Party which supports a binding national referendum on the issue. A motion to reintroduce capital punishment was debated in the House of Commons in On June 30, the motion was soundly defeated on a free vote ( ), despite public opinion polls indicating majority support for the death penalty. A national poll conducted in June, 1995 found that 69% of Canadians moderately or strongly favoured the return of the death penalty, exactly the same level of support as 20 years ago. However, other surveys suggest that this abstract support is 'a mile wide and an inch deep'. In 1996, a cross-section of 1500 Canadians were asked to name the major concerns and issues facing the country; not one named reinstatement of the death penalty as a priority. (For comparison, a similar sample in the USA would be 15,000 individuals; polls of this size are considered to be accurate within 2.5 percentage points 95% of the time). When the motion to reintroduce capital punishment was announced in February of 1987, popular support for reintroduction stood at 73%. By June (when the parliamentary vote was taken), popular support had slipped to an all-time low of 61%, following widespread discussion of death penalty issues in the media. Question # 3: Considering all you have learned and heard about the death penalty, write a short paragraph answering the question: should Canada reinstate the death penalty?. Your response must be at least 5 sentences in length.

10 Part D Criminal Law Introduction 10 marks Assignment: What do Police Officers do? Instructions: Press Ctrl + click on this link: to open the Law 12 SA Readings Booklet. After completing Reading # 1 and Reading # 2, please answer the questions below. Answer True or False to the following statements: (in the space next to each question) 1. Police officers can arrest someone if they believe that the person has committed, or is about to commit, an offence, or that the person will fail to attend court. 2. Police officers do not have to give a Charter warning while arresting someone. 3. A person has the right to remain silent when being arrested. 4. A person has the right to contact a lawyer after they have been arrested. 5. Police officers will arrest anyone they see committing a criminal act. 6. Police officers don t have to obey the law because they have to enforce them. 7. Rather than appearing in person to testify in court, police officers write lengthy reports and submit them as evidence for the court. 8. Police officers do more than arrest people suspected of committing a crime. They do other things such as educate the public about crime prevention. Short Answer Questions A. What right given to the police or an accused do you find surprising? Why?

11 B. What challenges do police officers face when enforcing the law? Assignment: Criminal Case Studies Instructions: Press Ctrl + click on this link: to open the Law 12 SA Readings Booklet. After completing Reading # 3 from the Readings booklet (pages 8-10), please write responses to each of the following scenarios: Case 1 Marion asked Sarah to take care of her infant boy for a few days. Marion also asked Sarah to give the infant a teaspoonful of medicine every night. In fact, the medicine was poison. Sarah did not think that the infant needed medicine so she did not give it to him. She put the medicine on a shelf in her living room. Later, Sarah s five-year-old son gave the infant a large dose of the medicine and the infant died. Marion was charged with murder. Is Sarah or Marion guilty of murder? Please explain. Case 2 Eva, Donna, and Claudia are walking through the park when they see their enemy Jim walking with a friend. They decide to have some fun. So Donna and Claudia hold back Jim s friend while Eva punches and kicks him. Donna and Claudia laugh and yell their support to Eva. Meanwhile Mike, who is walking his dog, stops for a moment to see what is going on. Mike decides not to get involved and walks on. Eva is convicted of assault causing bodily harm.

12 Re: case 2: should Donna or Claudia be charged with an offence? Please explain. What about Mike? Please explain. Case 3 Murray, Josie (Murray s wife) and Rosa agree to steal some money from Pete s clothing store. They also agree that Pete will not be harmed and that no weapons will be used. Murray enters the store and gets Pete s attention by asking him questions about an article of clothing. Then Josie enters the store and walks toward the cash register while Rosa acts as a look-out near the store entrance. Pete notices Josie reaching into the drawer of the cash register and yells loudly. Rosa panics, pulls a gun, and shoots Pete, severely wounding him. Murray, Josie, and Rosa run from the store and go to Russ s apartment around the corner. Russ agrees to let them use his car and Murray, Josie, and Rosa drive to a hiding place. Pete later dies from the wound he received. Explain the criminal acts of Murray, Josie, Rosa, and Russ

13 Assignment: What Do You Know? Press Ctrl + click on this link: to open the Law 12 SA Readings Booklet. After completing Reading # 4: Criminal Court Procedure (p. 11 &12), please answer the following questions: 1. Which court hears the majority of criminal cases in BC? 2. Which British Columbia court hears the most serious criminal cases? 3. Describe the role and responsibilities of each of the following court personnel: court clerk, sherriff, and judge. 4. Why is the prosecuting lawyer called Crown Counsel? 5. How many jurors sit on criminal matters? How many must agree in a criminal case? 6. Describe the four ways in which an accused can be brought to court? 7. What is an information and how is it obtained? What is its purpose? 8. What is a Promise to Appear (PTA)? 9. What are the options for the court when deciding what to do with a person arrested without a warrant?

14 10. What is a first appearance? What happens if an accused fails to meet his/her first appearance?