Percentages in the News
Percentages are often one of the most misunderstood topics in mathematics, particularly when discussing absolute and relative changes or differences. This can sometimes lead to misinterpretation of the information we’re presented with in the news.
Initial post: Find a recent news report that quotes a percentage change. Describe the meaning of the change. You must include either the full text of the news report or a link to it so that your classmates can reference it before responding. For 5 bonus discussion points – See if you can find a news article or report in which the use of a percentage is either suspicious or wrong. If possible, clarify or correct the statement. 250-300 word minimum. Due Thursday at 11:59PM EST.
Week Two Discussion: Accomplice liability and parental responsibility
On November 30, 2021, a 15-year-old juvenile opened fire in a high school in Oxford, MI, killing four students. His parents, who had given him the gun as an early Christmas gift, fled and were later arrested in the basement of a commercial building in Detroit. Find some news articles on this case, and review them for more details. Prosecutors suspect that the parents had assistance in finding a place to hide.
- Should the parents be charged as accomplices or under a theory of parental responsibility? Your answer should include what you know about both doctrines.
- If evidence is found that someone aided the parents should that person be charged with a crime?
For the initial post (one per forum) students will, unless otherwise specified by the instructor:
- Compose a well-developed initial post (250 to 300 words) that is comprehensive in answering questions posed on the discussion board
- Complete the initial post by Thursday at 11:59 PM EST in the assigned week
- Demonstrate integration of the required reading, other course materials, critical thinking, scholarly or peer-reviewed sources (as applicable), using either APA or MLA style, depending on the instructor/assignment specifications
Week Two Assignment 1: Elements of an Offense
Read the excerpts of RSA 635 cited below and answer the following questions ( one or two paragraphs for each question):
- In 635:I, identify the act, the mental state and one attendant circumstance.
- In 635:II Name one attendant circumstance that will raise the level of the offense from a Class B felony to a Class A felony.
Due Sunday of this week by 11:59 PM EST.
CHAPTER 635
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES
Section 635:1
635:1 Burglary. –
- A person is guilty of burglary if he or she enters or remains unlawfully in a building or occupied structure, or separately secured or occupied section thereof, with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for burglary that the building or structure was abandoned.
- Burglary is a class B felony unless it is perpetrated in the dwelling of another at night, or if, in the commission of the offense, attempt at commission or in flight immediately after attempt or commission, the actor is armed with a deadly weapon or explosives or he purposely, knowingly or recklessly inflicts bodily injury on anyone; in which case it is a class A felony; except that if the person is armed with a deadly weapon and the deadly weapon is a firearm, he shall be sentenced in accordance with RSA 651:2, II-g.
Week Two Assignment 2: State v. Kimberly Thiel Brief
Attached Files:
Writing Assignment: State v Kimberly Thiel.
Following the format for briefing a case (linked and attached) in the Appendix outline the first part of the case: facts, the criminal charge and the issue.
Due Sunday of this week by 11:59 PM EST.
Week Two: Assignment 3 You Decide 4.2
Twenty-two-year-old Mark Manes met Eric Harris, a seventeen-year-old student at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, at a gun show. Manes purchased a semiautomatic handgun for Harris and accompanied Harris to a target range. After hitting a target, Harris excitedly proclaimed that this could have been someone’s brain. Several months later, Manes sold Harris one hundred rounds of ammunition for $25. The next day, Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School and killed twelve students and a teacher and then took their own lives. Harris and Klebold left a tape recording thanking Manes for his help and urged that he not be arrested, because they would have eventually found someone else willing to sell them guns and ammunition.
As a prosecutor, would you charge Manes as an accomplice to the murders? To the suicides? What if Harris and Klebold arrived at the school armed with weapons and ammunition provided by Manes but used other weapons to kill? What if they left the weapons and ammunition provided by Manes at home? See Joshua Dressler, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law, 3rd ed. (St. Paul, MN: West, 2003), p. 886.
Due Sunday of this week by 11:59 PM EST. 3 pages in length APA stye
REQUIRED READING:
https://blackboard.nec.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1778417-dt-content-rid-16583982_1/xid-16583982_1
https://blackboard.nec.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1778417-dt-content-rid-16583983_1/xid-16583983_1
https://blackboard.nec.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1778417-dt-content-rid-16583984_1/xid-16583984_1
Chapter 3-
https://nec5.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/eDesign/EYAjCxfLbTRFipB3-QfW_-MBScu2DAMaDTk5B2prdX9MWA?e=OAXmlD
Chapter 4-
https://nec5.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/eDesign/EcCTWevDUqpJt92wqZFuMwcBazRRsOTp3eh6iObO_DWxZA?e=UHx4gq