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There are six reasons why we punish people. Explain each of these purposes. Be brief. I just want to make sure that you understand them.    Deterrence (specific deterrence and general deterrence):   Retribution:   Incapacitation:   Treatment:   Rehabilitation:   Restoration or restorative justice:

Read the case below: Jim, an ex-con, and his friend Jones finished eating at a Subway and were exiting the restaurant.  Two officers happened to be in the same restaurant. They recognized Jim because they had arrested him six times in the past. The officers followed them to the car and asked them to show their IDs, which they produced. Suddenly Jim and Jones got into their car and sped on I-15. In the process, they threw a total of 100 marijuana sandwich bags out of the window. Back-up UHP officers conduct a “traffic break” (zig-zagging maneuver) to slow traffic and they recover all the bags. Jim and Jones admitted speeding but claimed that (1) since the officers had neither probable cause nor reasonable suspicion  to stop them when they left the Subway restaurant and (2)  since no drug was found in the vehicle, the evidence collected on I-15 is inadmissible at trial. Apply the “Attenuation doctrine” to explain why the evidence is still admissible at trial.  

Name only two differences between the Gerstein hearing and the Preliminary hearing.

Professor Kapenda believes that people should learn constitutional rights the same way they learn mathematics: they have to learn the rules and apply them to concrete cases. How has this approach been useful to you instead of memorizing the content? Write 8-10 sentences. 

Give at least two good reasons why we grant broad discretionary powers to prosecutors in the United States.

Mr. Doe was living illegally in the United States for 10 years. Two years ago, the police unlawfully entered his home and searched it. They found pirated merchandise and cloned credit and debit cards. They arrested  him. However, the District Attorney dropped the case and Mr. Doe was immediately released from jail. Six months later, officers from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a sweep at the meat plant where Mr. Doe worked and arrested him and many other individuals. During the deportation hearing, the Government’s attorney (=prosecutor) brought up the pirated merchandise case as well as the discovery of cloned debit and credit cards to convince the immigration judge that Mr. Doe must be deported. The immigration judge admitted the evidence and ordered deportation. Was it lawful for the immigration judge to admit that evidence? Explain your answer!

The first probation law was adopted to provide services for ______ in 1878.

Individuals on ______ are generally NOT required to check in with a probation officer but are required to meet certain terms and conditions set forth by the court.

A ______ is a facility that is designed to house individuals for a year or more as a form of punishment for breaking the law.

Which of the following was identified as a common conditions of probation assigned by the court?