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1). Attendance
2). Class continues to view the documentary “Inside Canada’s Prisons” in preparation for the fourth reflective writing assignment being issued next week.

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (Edward Downey of Calgary sentenced to 50 years in prison without parole for the murder of a mother and 5 year old daughter, 50 year old Toronto man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 43 year old man)
3). Finish the documentary “Crime & Punishment: The Story of Capital Punishment”
4). Class Discussion – Should Canada have the death penalty as part of our penal system?
5). Introduction documentary “Inside Canada’s Prisons”

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (section 25 of the 2017 United Kingdom Digital Economy Act called “Porn Block” is coming July 15 in order to keep children safer online, surveillance footage of an inappropriate RCMP interrogation of a 17 year old female rape victim surfaces on social media, due to governmental corruption in the Ukraine well known actor with no experience runs for president and wins the election, 25 year old man decapitates a man in Mountain Province of the Philippines, Derrick Hernandez of Honolulu charged with second-degree murder in the death of Frankie Feliciano Jr)
3). Guest Speaker – Mrs. Zimmerman is a former corrections and probation officer in British Columbia.

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (Kwok Chung Tam with connections to the Chinese Crime cartels is charged with money laundering, Oshawa Ontario man charged with second-degree murder in the death of 83 year old mother, B.C. man charged in the death of a Japanese exchange student appeals his conviction on the grounds of inadmissible evidence, five Alberta men sentenced for the swarming death of Lukas Strasser outside a Calgary nightclub in 2013, new anti-abortion legislation passed in the state of Alabama, 6 dead and 10 injured when an Alaskan float plane collided with another float plane and a potential lawsuit is looming)
3). Work Check “Chapter 6 – Sentencing, Appeals, and Prison” questions 1-25
4). Class Discussion – Should Canada have the death penalty?
5). Watch documentary “Crime and Punishment – The Story of Capital Punishment”

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (Florida man charged with battery after he slapped his girlfriend in a fast-food restaurant, reports surfacing of a potential dog poisoner in the Kitsilano area)
3). WORK BLOCK (50 minutes)
4). HOMEWORK “Chapter 6 – Sentencing, Appeals, and Prisons” questions 1-25 due at the beginning of Thursday’s class.

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (Amber Alert of a 3 year old boy in Sudbury Ontario found with mother, 19 year old male from Coquitlam charged with homicide involving a shooting in New Westminster, Harjot Singh charged with second-degree murder in the death of Bhaukiran Dheri)
3). WORK BLOCK (80 minutes)
4). Distribute assignment “Sentencing, Appeals, and Prison” questions 1-25 due at the beginning of Thursday’s class

1). Attendance
2). Unit Test “Bringing the Accused to Trial”
3). Read Chapter 6 pages 149-166 “Sentencing, Appeals, and Prison

1). Attendance
2). Kahoot Review Game for Monday’s Unit Test
3). Finish documentary “Aileen Wuornos Story”
4). HOMEWORK – Studying for Monday’s test

1). Attendance
2). Field Trip – Surrey Law Courts 8:00am-2:00pm
9:15am-10:00am – Orientation (Justice Education Society)
10:00am-11:45am – Court Watching
11:45am-12:45pm – Lunch
12:45pm-1:45pm – Sheriff Session
3). Student who did not attend the field trip have an alternate assignment – “Criminal Law” questions 1-12
4). HOMEWORK – “Criminal Law” assignment due at the beginning of Friday’s class
5). WORK BLOCK (80 minutes)
6). TEST – Unit Test Monday May 13

1). Attendance
2). Current Event (42 year old male inmate killed by three other inmates at Stoney Mountain prison Winnipeg, six inmates from Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton Ontario overdose on bad drugs, 62 year old man from Waterloo Ontario charged with several firearms related offences after a warrant was served, 34 year old male landlord murders his 25 year old tenant and her baby in Kananaskis Alberta)
3). Class discussion of Chapter 4 questions 21-28
4). Watch documentary “The Aileen Wuornos Story”

5). BE SURE TO ARRIVE AT SCHOOL NO LATER THAN 7:45AM FOR THE FIELD TRIP TO THE SURREY LAW COURTS
6). HOMEWORK – Study for next Monday’s unit test