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For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 3 Times, Rating: A+ Assignment: Equality of Justice, Jury Nullification • Resources: The Department of Justice Fact Sheet on Racial Profiling, and Debating Crime • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Answer the questions listed below for each of the four articles appearing in Issues 8 and 11 in Debating Crime. Provide a 50-word minimum response to each question. o Issue 8: “Black Jurors: Right to Acquit? (Jury Nullification)” by Paul Butler, p. 108 • Under what circumstances does the author believe jurors should vote according to conscience rather than law? Does the Supreme Court approve or disapprove of this practice? Why? o Issue 8: “Jury Nullification: A Perversion of Justice?” by Andrew D. Leipold, p. 111 • According to the author, what is the correct forum in which people should disagree with the law? Why does he believe the courtroom is not the place for disagreement? ADJ 255 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Course Syllabus Page 21 o Issue 11: No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System by David Cole, p. 138

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Assignment: Equality of Justice, Jury Nullification
• Resources: The Department of Justice Fact Sheet on Racial Profiling, and Debating
Crime
• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
• Answer the questions listed below for each of the four articles appearing in Issues 8 and
11 in Debating Crime. Provide a 50-word minimum response to each question.
o Issue 8: “Black Jurors: Right to Acquit? (Jury Nullification)” by Paul Butler, p. 108
• Under what circumstances does the author believe jurors should vote according
to conscience rather than law? Does the Supreme Court approve or disapprove
of this practice? Why?
o Issue 8: “Jury Nullification: A Perversion of Justice?” by Andrew D. Leipold, p. 111
• According to the author, what is the correct forum in which people should
disagree with the law? Why does he believe the courtroom is not the place for
disagreement?
ADJ 255 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
Course Syllabus Page 21
o Issue 11: No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System
by David Cole, p. 138

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<strong>Assignment</strong>: <strong>Equality</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Justice</strong>, <strong>Jury</strong> <strong>Nullification</strong><br />

· Resources: The Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Justice</strong> Fact Sheet on Racial<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>iling, and Debating<br />

Crime<br />

· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum<br />

· Answer the questions listed below for each <strong>of</strong> the four<br />

articles appearing in Issues 8 and<br />

11 in Debating Crime. Provide a 50-word minimum response<br />

to each question.<br />

o Issue 8: “Black Jurors: Right to Acquit? (<strong>Jury</strong><br />

<strong>Nullification</strong>)” by Paul Butler, p. 108<br />

· Under what circumstances does the author believe jurors<br />

should vote according<br />

to conscience rather than law? Does the Supreme Court


approve or disapprove<br />

<strong>of</strong> this practice? Why?<br />

o Issue 8: “<strong>Jury</strong> <strong>Nullification</strong>: A Perversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Justice</strong>?” by<br />

Andrew D. Leipold, p. 111<br />

· According to the author, what is the correct forum in which<br />

people should<br />

disagree with the law? Why does he believe the courtroom is<br />

not the place for<br />

disagreement?<br />

<strong>ADJ</strong> <strong>255</strong> Contemporary Issues in Criminal <strong>Justice</strong><br />

Course Syllabus Page 21<br />

o Issue 11: No Equal <strong>Justice</strong>: Race and Class in the American<br />

Criminal <strong>Justice</strong> System<br />

by David Cole, p. 138<br />

· How do the statistics David Cole presents support his<br />

argument that the criminal<br />

justice system is biased against minority citizens? Do you<br />

think these statistics<br />

are accurate? What do you think they reveal about the<br />

criminal justice system?<br />

o Issue 11: “Race, Crime, and the Administration <strong>of</strong> <strong>Justice</strong>:<br />

A Summary <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Available Facts” by Christopher Stone, p. 141<br />

· What does the author write about the progress <strong>of</strong> diversity<br />

in the criminal justice<br />

system?<br />

· Answer the following: Select and identify one <strong>of</strong> the four<br />

articles; present the author’s<br />

viewpoints, then present arguments against assertions made<br />

by the author. Be less


emotional and more factual by supporting your argument<br />

with examples.<br />

· Cite your sources according to APA requirements.<br />

· Submit your responses as a single post.

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