Law Homework Help

Cristina and Jordan are still trying to figure out how and why the crime lab could have been burglarized, as described at the beginning of Unit 3. They have been toying with the possibility that it was an inside job. They have also been pondering whether they should team up with someone outside the department to solve this mystery. This idea gets more traction after they meet Patrice and Leo.

This is the last lesson for this project. You will submit your project once you’ve completed this activity.

If you forgot about the crime lab’s burglary, you can watch the video from the beginning of Unit 3 again, here.Patrice and Leo go to State U in a neighboring state. They are at Cristina and Jordan’s school this weekend for a debate tournament. They were shocked to hear about the case of disappearing evidence because it sounds a lot like something that happened last year at State U. Patrice and Leo end up talking to Cristina and Jordan for much of the evening about the facts of the case.

Cristina and Jordan have decided to request that the police form a task force after hearing Patrice and Leo’s information. Cristina and Jordan think a task force is needed based on these facts:

1. There are multiple crime scenes and multiple events.
2. The crimes are ongoing.
3. Some of the crimes happen on campus, and some do not.
4. The campus police investigates crimes on campus.
5. The local police department investigates crimes in town.
6. The crimes are receiving extensive media attention.
7. Too many people seem to have access to the case and evidence.
8. It is not clear who is ultimately in charge of all of the cases.

Help Cristina and Jordan write a brief proposal for the creation of a task force. You will need to cite not only the facts, but also what the facts mean in terms of long-term investigations and task forces (one to two sentences per fact).

For example, if one fact was that federal crimes were being committed, they would need to clarify what that fact means to the task force. In this instance, you might explain that a federal agency should work on the case to meet jurisdictional requirements.

You are working with Cristina to review some cases for your criminal justice class. The case you are working on now has one defendant: Mona Day. She is a student accused of involvement in terrorist activities. You do not have all the details, but you know that law enforcement has been surveilling Mona for months. They now have a clear understanding of where she goes, what she does there, and who she sees.

For each piece of evidence, you and Cristina need to add some details. Use a table similar to the one below to organize your thoughts. In your notes, use bullet points to complete the table. The first two columns are already completed; the last two are yours to fill out.

Hint #1: Types of electronic surveillance include audio, visual, tracking, and data. For example, the use of a body camera is a kind of visual surveillance.

Hint #2: There are many ways electronic evidence can be used in court. For example, an RFID chip (which is a type of tracking surveillance) can be used to show where a suspect was at each point during the day when a crime took place. The GPS on a smartphone is also a type of tracking surveillance.

Description of Evidence	Context and Where It Was Found or Taken	Type of Electronic Surveillance	Possible Points It Could Prove in Court
fitness wristband monitor	taken from Mona’s gym bag
laptop search history	lifted by IT from her laptop
smartphone call history	Mona’s smartphone
Mona’s smartphone itself	Mona’s purse
digital recordings from a listening device	Mona’s apartment
surveillance camera footage	Mona’s gym