Overview: This assignment requires you to complete the assigned reading and answer questions based on what you have learned.

Instructions:

Fill in the attached template.

Answer each of the following 5 questions in a short answer essay format. Be sure to use examples to support your analysis.

o What are the purposes of our criminal justice system? In your opinion, is one goal more important than another?

o Can a criminal defendant be prosecuted twice for the same act?

o Define each of the following: white collar crime, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and RICO.

o What is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

o What is a whistleblower?

What conflicting ethical duties might a whistleblower encounter?

Requirements:

Use A.P.A for.mat for non-legal sources such as the textbook. Use Bluebook citation format for any legal citations.

Submit a Word document using the template.

Maximum two pages in length, excluding the Refer-ence page. Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you wr.ite and again after you write.

INCLUDE NAMES AND LINKS OF WEBSITES USED

INCLUDE INTEXT CITATIONS through out the paper

eBook:

Prenkert, J. D., Barnes, A. J., Perry, J. E., Haugh, T., & Stemler, A. (2022). Business law: The ethical, global, and e-commerce environment (18th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

In Chapter 5, you will read about the differences between crimes and torts and the role that criminal law plays in our society. This chapter examines what a prosecutor must prove to convict a defendant of a crime and how the Constitution limits the government's ability to criminalize behavior. You will read about criminal procedure with a special emphasis on the Fourth Amendment and its exceptions. Chapter 5 wraps up with a discussion of white collar and computer crimes.

• Chapter 5: Criminal Law and Procedure

Articles, Websites, and Videos:

This article discusses the majority and dissenting opinions in Berghuis v. Thompkins. You can also listen to the oral arguments made before the United States Supreme Court.

• Berghuis v. Thompkins. (2010). Oyez.
• https://www.oyez.org/cases/2009/08-1470

This article describes how a case reaches the United States Supreme Court.

• Supreme Court procedures. (n.d.). United States Courts.
• https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-court-procedures

This article discusses the Fifth Amendment and double jeopardy.

• Blakely, R.G. (n.d.). Double jeopardy. The Hertiage Guide to The Consitution.
• https://www.heritage.org/constitution#!/amendments/5/essays/148/double-jeopardy

This article defines the RICO Act.

• What is RICO?. (n.d.). HG.org.
• https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/what-is-rico-30996

This article explains the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

• Computer fraud and abuse act (CFAA). (n.d.). NACDL.
• https://www.nacdl.org/Landing/ComputerFraudandAbuseAct

This short video describes the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAndliwkxuY

This video explains the Fourth Amendment and its exceptions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_JgZDRbmQ