Spring 2013
5303 Criminal Law - THOMPSON- 12977
Professor(s):
Sandra Thompson (FACULTY)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: 1st Year - Section B
Time: 10:30a-12:00p TThLocation: 240 BLB
Course Outline:
Course Syllabus: Syllabus pdf
Course Notes:
Prerequisites: No
First Day Assignments: Welcome to Criminal Law! Here is the first day’s assignment. The syllabus is also available online and in your photocopied materials available in the Copy Center.
1/15 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
In the photocopied materials:
“Chapter 1, Process and Purposes”
“The Shelley Grant Pre-sentence Investigation Report”
Homework due on 1/17 by email before class or by hardcopy submitted in class: Please submit a 1-page discussion of how you, as a judge in New York, would sentence Shelley Grant. Explain your reasons and what goals you hope to accomplish by imposing the sentence on her. (This is a mandatory, albeit ungraded, assignment. It cannot help your grade, but the failure to submit the assignment in a timely and good faith manner can hurt your grade.)
Final Exam Schedule: 05/02 9am-noon 240 BLB 213 BLB
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Exam:
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Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No
Book Requirements: