Week 5 Team Assignment Sentencing Proposal

Week 5 Team Assignment Sentencing Proposal and Presentation

Resource: University Material: Ruling on State v. Stu Dents

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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word proposal that includes two different sentencing arguments formulated by your team.

Include the desired outcome of each punishment.

Include alternative and intermediate sanctions.

Include a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with your proposal.

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The victim OmaUpee, was brutally attacked and stabbed 13 times. Skin particles from the defendant were found under her fingernails indicating that he was, in fact, the attacker and responsible for Upee’s murder. Excerpts from the defendant’s journal clearly show that he had planned out the attack and purchased rope, rags, and a sharp hunting knife to carry out the murder. This evidence is overwhelming and indicates that the homicide was by Stu Dents. Based on this evidence, we want to charge the defendant with first-degree murder. Such a cold blooded and vicious attack should be charged with nothing less, in our opinion. We are seeking the death penalty in this case and hope that the court agrees. We do not see any reason this man should be allowed to live among the members of society when he is such a threat to public safety. Although Upee had a questionable past and perhaps even allowed the defendant to enter the home, no one deserves the punishment that was evident in this case. We see the death penalty as the most effective way to obtain justice under these circumstances.

Unfortunately, we must explore the mental aspect of this case, including the state of mind of the defendant. He is clearly competent to stand trial and process thought made clear by the detailed planning of this murder and the careful execution that shows Stu Dents was aware of the difference between right and wrong. If Stu Dents was not capable of making this distinction, he would have carried out the act in the victim’s apartment as opposed to removing her body and delivering it behind an abandoned building. However, the evidence from the journal written by the defendant shows that perhaps he was limited in his mental thought process. He spoke of these acts fulfilling his destiny and even screamed that the arresting officers were aliens. He made statements about his belief that he was God. Therefore, we also recommend the alternative sentence of life in prison with psychiatric evaluation before serving his sentence.

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Week 5 Team Assignment Sentencing Proposal and Presentation