POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 10/30, I distributed two handouts, one an article about the history of the Supreme Court's death penalty decisions, and the other a set of Maine statutes (to go with the Mobbley and Holland cases). We worked our way through the Gregg v. Georgia opinions, paying particular attention to the different questions asked by the three opinions to determine whether capital punishment is cruel and unusual. The assignment for Tuesday is to read and prepare to discuss through p. 67 of the text, as well as the two handouts.
POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Thursday 10/30, we began by finishing up our discussion of Mapp v. Ohio. We looked at both the majority opinion, and, briefly, the concurring and dissenting opinions. We then went over U.S. v. Leon, and saw how the standard set in Mapp was eroded in the case of warrants issued without probable cause. The assignment for Tuesday 11/4 is to read and prepare to discuss through p. 517 (Hudson and Herring)
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