Business Law Death Penalty for US Border Patrol Juan David

Business Law Death Penalty for US Border Patrol Juan David Ortiz Questions

Please read each question carefully and give a complete and detailed answer

1. In August 2017, James Alex Fields drove a car into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He struck and killed Heather Heyer. On Friday He was convicted of first-degree murder and nine other charges and faces a possible sentence of life in prison. When Judge Moore sentences Fields, what are the goals that the judge is seeking to fulfill?

2. Assume that Fields is sentenced to life imprisonment. What type of facility would he typically serve such a sentence? Why?

3. Prosecutors announced that they will seek the death penalty for Juan David Ortiz, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent. What types of offenses are eligible for the death penalty? Why only these offenses?

4. Please explain the distinctions between probation and parole.

5. What are the advantages of placing a convicted individual on probation? The disadvantages?

 6. Are there any limitations that can be placed on the terms of his probation? If so what are the limits?

7. Three states, Oklahoma, Alabama and Mississippi, have recently approved nitrogen gas asphyxiation as a means of executing condemned prisoners. Are there other means used in the United States? If so what are they?

 8. Are there any limits on adding new means? If so what is the limitation(s)?

9. What are the five primary methods of execution used in the United States? Executioner Jerry Givens indicated that he would prefer what method of execution? Why?

10. Please read the article “It’s Time to End the Death Penalty Nationwide” in the American Conservative magazine. It may be found at https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/its-time-to-end-the-death-penaltynationwide/

a. What does the article argue for?

b. Why does it advocate for this position?

c. Are its reasons persuasive or not? Why?

Extra Credit (5 points)

 As of May 3, 2019, who was the last person executed in the US. What state executed the individual?