QUIZ

1. QUIZ • Define these terms: • 1. 1st Degree Murder • 2. 2nd Degree Murder • 3. Voluntary Manslaughter • 4. Involuntary Manslaughter • 5. Self Defense • 6. “No Fault” accidents

2. What Would YOU Do? Imagine you are the Judge and these cases came to your court. What would you charge them with? How long would you sentence them to prison? (if any)

3. Case#1 • A troubled 17-year-old girl has slowly poisoned her parents each night at dinner. After three months, she came home to find them dead on the kitchen floor. The coroner’s report indicated that cyanide poisoning caused their deaths.

4. Case#2: • Three 16-year-olds were hanging out at the park drinking whiskey. One boy started shoving his friend. Soon the shoving escalated into punching. One boy tripped, and his head hit a sharp-edged rock. The boy died before help arrived.

5. Case#3: • Suspicious that his girlfriend was cheating, a 16-year-old boy went to her house and found her in bed with his brother. Impulsively, he grabbed the nearest lamp and hit his brother on the head. His brother died two days later.

6. Case#4: • A 13-year-old boy broke into an auto parts business to steal hubcaps. The 17-year-old security guard picked up his boss’s gun and fired two warning shots at the thief. The second shot hit the 13-year-old and killed him on the spot.

7. CASE#1 Results: • A troubled 17-year-old girl has slowly poisoned her parents each night at dinner. After three months, she came home to find them dead on the kitchen floor. The coroner’s report indicated that cyanide poisoning caused their deaths. First Degree Murder Sentenced to life in prison without parole

8. CASE#2 Results • Three 16-year-olds were hanging out at the park drinking whiskey. One boy started shoving his friend. Soon the shoving escalated into punching. One boy tripped, and his head hit a sharp-edged rock. The boy died before help arrived. 2nd Degree Murder Sentenced to three years in prison after being tried as an adult

9. CASE#3 Results • Suspicious that his girlfriend was cheating, a 16-year-old boy went to her house and found her in bed with his brother. Impulsively, he grabbed the nearest lamp and hit his brother on the head. His brother died two days later. Voluntary Manslaughter Sentenced to six years in prison

10. CASE#4 Results: • A 13-year-old boy broke into an auto parts business to steal hubcaps. The 17-year-old security guard picked up his boss’s gun and fired two warning shots at the thief. The second shot hit the 13-year-old and killed him on the spot. Involuntary Manslaughter Sentenced to 15 years to life

11. Time for some NOTES  Title this page: “Are you an Adult or a Minor?”

12. Why do we care if you are 17 or 18??? • 1st Reason: Whose fault is it??? • Parents are responsible for their kids---if the kid did something wrong, the parents are liable (fines) and even to blame (prison time) • My kid hits your kid and they fall down and break their arm… technically I should pay for the costs because my kid did it. (my kid we assume does not have the means to pay because they don’t have a job) … If a kid is a “minor” their parents are still in charge of them… if they are 18, they are responsible for their own decisions.

13. 2nd Reason: Can we fix you? Sending your to Juvenile Hall means: 1. We think we can save you---you are fixable 2. We don’t think that your problems are permanent—couple years of therapy, jail time even, and you can still be a good Adult 3. We don’t think that what you did should follow you the rest of your life (Juvenile crimes are SEALED (unknown for the rest of your life) when you are 18.

14. Sending you to Adult Prison means: 2. We think what you did SHOULD follow you the rest of your life—every time you go to apply for a job, people should KNOW what you did 1. What you did was so bad, we can’t fix you 3. Your parents are not to blame—this was all YOU (they did their best and you did this anyway) 4. You are dangerous enough that we don’t care that you will be around Adults—it won’t make any difference—you need to be locked up.