State’s Attorney

What alternative punishments might be appropriate (if any)? Does the death penalty deter others from committing similar crimes?

After completing a thorough investigation into the robbery and serving your search warrant, both of your suspects were found guilty at trial. The next step of the Criminal Justice System (the sentencing phase) will begin. Because victim Roberts was shot in the head and killed, the State is seeking the death penalty for Steve Chapman. […]

What are some of the other alternatives to a life sentence in prison? Are they appropriate given the violent nature of this crime?

The chief of detectives is scheduled to present a lecture to the new class of detectives being held at the police academy, and he has asked you to prepare a memorandum for him to review. In your memorandum, you should include the following: How to plan for an interview or interrogation Your discussion of planning […]

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