Transcript criminal law

CRIMINAL LAW
PREREQUISITE
LEJ 101
JEFF WILSON
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[email protected]
847-825-7744 Office
773-718-1200 Cell
617 Devon, Park Ridge IL.
Office Hours:
Class Room H122D
6:00 or earlier before class or
By appointment at my office
So you want to be a Law
Enforcement Professional
So you want to be a Law
Enforcement Professional
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Free of Color Blindness
Vision Correctable to 20/20
Ability to pass power strength agility test
No Amputations
Be over 25 yoa and less than 35 yoa
Must be a US Citizen
Must be able to possess FOID Card
Must possess a valid Illinois Driver’s License
Free of any felony or domestic violence conviction
Free of any drug and/or alcohol violations
Free of and “moral turpitude” conviction, theft, sex
crimes, gambling, habitual drug or alcohol use, etc.
Terry v. Ohio
392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1968
Miranda v. Arizona
384 U.S. 436
Miranda v. Arizona (No. 759)
98 Ariz. 18, 401 P.2d 721; 15 N.Y.2d 970, 207
N.E.2d 527; 16 N.Y.2d 614, 209 N.E.2d 110;
342 F.2d 684, reversed; 62 Cal.2d 571, 400
P.2d 97, affirmed
People v. Luedemann, No. 2-031303 (IL 5/10/2005) (IL, 2005)
People v. Luedemann, 293 Ill.Dec.
385, 828 N.E.2d 355, 357 Ill.
App.3d 411 (IL, 2005) 828 N.E.2d
355
Why have laws?
• Regulate behavior
• Social Control
• Squares v. Predators
Criminal v. Civil
• Criminal Law
– The State prosecutes the case
– Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
– Incarceration, governmental monitoring, death
penalty
• Civil Law = Lawsuit
– Private party (you can sue anybody)
– Preponderance of the evidence
– Compensation or money damages
Civil Law
• How much, if at all, has the defendant
injured the plaintiff.
• What remedy, if any, is appropriate to
compensate plaintiff
Criminal Law
• To what extent, if at all, has defendant
injured society
• What sentence, if any, is necessary to
punish the defendant.
Criminal Law and Morality
Purposes of Criminal Law
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Retribution or revenge
Incapacitation
Deterrence
Reformation or Rehabilitation
Compensation
Disproportionality