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<h1>Welcome to Mrs. McKenzie's Law in Literature Class Wikispace</h1>
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Class Topics:<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/About%20This%20Class">About This Class</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/To%20Kill%20A%20Mockingbird">To Kill A Mockingbird</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Court%20System%20and%20Process">Court System and Process</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/In%20Cold%20Blood">In Cold Blood</a><ul><li>The Death Penalty<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&amp;vol=000&amp;invol=07-5439" rel="nofollow">Supreme Court's 2008 Decision Re: Method of Execution and 8th Amendment</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&amp;court=us&amp;vol=428&amp;page=153" rel="nofollow">Supreme Court's 1976 Decision Upholding Capital Punishment as Constitutional</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.abanet.org/moratorium/assessmentproject/ohio.html" rel="nofollow">ABA Lobbies for Death Penalty</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/04/death.penalty.fat.ap/" rel="nofollow">Ohio Man Challenges DP Based on Weight</a></li></ul></li><li>The Insanity Defense<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/insanity_defense" rel="nofollow">History and Definitions for Insanity Defense</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Monster">Monster</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Gideon%27s%20Trumpet">Gideon's Trumpet</a><ul><ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.historyofsupremecourt.org/overview.htm" rel="nofollow">History of the Supreme Court</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.constitutioncenter.org/" rel="nofollow">Constitution Center</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./287/45/" rel="nofollow">Powell v. Alabama</a> (Scottsboro Boys case from 1932 holding that assistance of counsel for felony cases must begin at the time of the arraingment)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&amp;vol=316&amp;invol=455" rel="nofollow">Betts v. Brady</a> (1942 developed &quot;special circumstances&quot; rule)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&amp;vol=372&amp;invol=335" rel="nofollow">Gideon v. Wainwright</a> (1963 overruled Betts v. Brady)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nacdl.org/gideon" rel="nofollow">Gideon's Anniversary</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.usconstitution.net/miranda.html" rel="nofollow">The Miranda Warning</a> (from 1966 case Miranda v Arizona. Invokes 5th Amendment protection against being compelled to testify against himself and, once the criminal case has been initiated, invokes 6th Amendment right of assistance of counsel in all criminal prosecutions.)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_9_71/ai_92285055/print?tag=artBody;col1" rel="nofollow">Law Enforcement Bulletin - Constitutional Rights to Counsel During Interrogation</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://supreme.justia.com/us/406/682/case.html" rel="nofollow">Kirby v Illinios</a> (1972 case holding that, once a criminal case has been initiated, a defendant has a right to the assistance of counsel at all critical stages of the that prosecution under the Sixth Amendment)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/historians/images/graham1.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/historians/chapter10.htm&amp;h=327&amp;w=300&amp;sz=6&amp;hl=en&amp;start=3&amp;usg=__JbUksNX45ccUYfgyws5UoAWDhCc=&amp;tbnid=EneuZX7ryoIJeM:&amp;tbnh=118&amp;tbnw=108&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupreme%2Bcourt%2Bjustices%2Bwho%2Bdecided%2BGideon%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG" rel="nofollow">Impact of Gideon's Case</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.oyez.org/" rel="nofollow">Oyez (Website About Supreme Court)</a></li></ul></ul></li></ul><br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Class%20Visitors">Class Visitors</a><ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://codes.ohio.gov/orc" rel="nofollow">Ohio Revised Code</a></li></ul></li></ul>