Do You Know the Law?

Do You Know the Law?

In order for a lawyer to get “called to the bar” and begin practicing law, he or she must pass a gruelling set of exams.

Part A: True or False 1. If arrested in Canada, you are entitled to only one phone call. FALSE- TV: Old American myth 2. A police officer can enter your house if suspicion of a crime is taking place. TRUE 3. Young Offenders are between the ages of 12-18 years old. FALSE- 12-17 up to 18th Birthday

4. Assisted suicide or euthanasia is legal in Canada. FALSE- There is pressure to legalize it. 5. The term Freedom means there are no boundaries governing your actions. FALSE- There are limits to freedoms 6. The possession of marijuana is now not a criminal offence in Canada. FALSE- Laws have changed by still illegal 7. Parents are legally responsible for the actions of their children. FALSE- was talk of parents being financially responsible for actions

8. You have the right to protect your property against trespassers by setting traps. FALSE- reasonable force only 9. It is possible to be convicted of possession of a narcotic even though a person does not have the narcotic on his or her person TRUE- Could be in the car, house, etc. 10. Once you are found guilty by a jury for murder, you have no choice but to accept the ruling of that jury and serve the sentence. TRUE- Can appeal- must be based on technical errors in trial 11. A principal or person of authority can search your locker without your permission. TRUE 12. Canada has the death penalty. FALSE

Part B: Bad Guys Match the criminal with his most famous (or infamous) crimes:

Part C: Law Movies & The Stars Match the actor/ actress to the film in which they appeared. What role did they portray? Joe PesciA Civil Action Ashley Judd A Few Good Men Tom Cruise A Time to Kill Jack Nicholson Double Jeopardy Matthew McConaugheyErin Brockovich John Travolta The Firm Tim Robbins My Cousin Vinny Julia Roberts Shawshank Redemption

Part D: Rock and Roll 1. Name the Beatles’ song in which a teacher is assaulted with a hammer. • Maxwell Silver hammer 2. Name the Bob Dylan song about a man who was wrongfully convicted (it is also a movie by the same name). • Hurricane 3. This famous Canadian singer was sued by a person who claims to have helped her write many of her songs. • AvrilLavigne 4. This shock rocker was been banned by large parts of the southern states and was forbidden from playing in Calgary. • Marilyn Manson

5. When he appeared on national television for the first time in the early 60’s, the television would only show him from the waist up. • ELVIS PRESLEY 6. Which heavy metal singer was sued by the parents of a teenager who committed suicide after repeatedly listening to one of his songs? • OzzyOsbourne – Suicide Solution 7. In the song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, what crime has been committed? • Murder 8. Name the Tragically Hip song about David Milgaard (wrongfully convicted Canadian)? • Wheat Kings – start at 1:10. 9. Name a group or an artist that ‘pushes’ Freedom of Expression to the limits. • Eminem threatens to kill his ex-wife in several songs

Charles Manson BACK Charles Manson is an American cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s Cult: Helter Skelter, got the name from a Beatles song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWuXmfgXVxY

Ted Bundy BACK Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier.

Gwen Jacob BACK When university student Gwen Jacob removed her top to cool off on a sweltering summer day in July 1991, she unwittingly spearheaded a movement to give all women in Ontario the legal right to expose their breasts — though most still choose not to.

David Milgaard BACK David Milgaard is a Canadian who at the age of 16 was wrongfully convicted for the murder and rape of nursing assistant Gail Miller. He was released and compensated $10 million after spending 22 years in prison

Guy Paul Morin BACK Guy Paul Morin is a Canadian who was wrongly convicted of the October 1984 rape and murder of his nine-year-old next-door neighbour, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario. DNA testing led to a subsequent overturning of this verdict.

Dr. Kevorkian BACK Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian, commonly known as "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist and euthanasia activist. He assisted dozens of terminally ill people end their lives.

Jeffrey Dahmer BACK Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was an American serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. In 1994 he was beaten to death by a fellow inmate

Ben Johnson BACK Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson, is a Canadian former sprinter, who won two Olympic bronze medals and an Olympic gold, which were later rescinded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq_2lmCXeDk

Marc Lepine BACK For 45 minutes on Dec. 6, 1989 an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal's ÉcolePolytechnique and killed 14 women. Marc Lepine, 25, separated the men from the women and before opening fire on the classroom of female engineering students he screamed, "I hate feminists." Almost immediately, the Montreal Massacre became a galvanizing moment in which mourning turned into outrage about all violence against women.

Al Capone BACK Al Capone is America's best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. He spent 11 years in Alcatraz for tax evasion.

Recent Cases to keep look for: Dellen Millard charged with the murder of Tim Bosma http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/13/tim-bosma-accused-dellen-millard-and-mark-smich-to-make-court-appearance/ http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/07/19/tim_bosma_case_dellen_millards_mother_sells_family_home_for_12_million.html

Sammy Yatim (Streetcar shooting) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-officer-charged-in-sammy-yatim-shooting-will-not-run-or-hide/article13890149/

Do You Know the Law?

Do You Know the Law?

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