Thursday, October 27, 2022

Friday, October 28. 2022

Today's schedule is ABCD

A Block Criminology - Remember, the question I'd like you to work on is:

Explain the types of serial and mass murderer along with the reasons why they commit these crime  

For the types of serial and mass murder use the following:

Disciple Mass Murderer 
Family Annihilator Mass Murderer 
Pseudocommando Mass Murderer
Disgruntled Employee Mass Murderer 
Set-and-Run Mass Murderer 
Visionary Serial Killers 
Mission-oriented Serial Killers
Hedonistic Serial Killers 
Power/control Serial Killers
 
For the motives feel free to use Violence Expressed through Mass Murder by Joseph A. Davis, Ph.D and Profiles in Terror: The Serial Murderer by Holmes, R. M., & DeBurger, J. E. ALSO feel free to use your Criminology textbook (Table 10.2 page 210 of CRIM by Siegel, Brown and Hoffman)

We'll finish watching The Psychopath Next Door

B Block Legal Studies - Today we'll examine our Criminal Court System...The Courts of British Columbia

The Criminal Court System in Canada

Provincial Courts — Criminal Division (example: the British Columbia Provincial Court)

This is the trial court that most students will be familiar with as it involves the finding of facts, witness testimony, and the introduction of evidence. If a mistake is made at this stage, then an appeal can be made to a higher court. This court:

• arraigns the accused (reads the charge and enters the plea) in all criminal cases
• holds preliminary hearings for most severe indictable offences, where the accused elects to have the case tried in a higher court
• hears and tries criminal summary conviction cases and the least serious indictable offences such as theft under $5000

The judges in this court are appointed by the provincial governments.

Provincial Superior Court — Appeals and Trials (example: the British Columbia Supreme Court)

This court is the court of first appeal with respect to criminal cases arising in the provincial court. This court:

• tries the more severe crimes such as manslaughter and sexual assault, and the most severe indictable offences such as murder and armed robbery
• hears criminal appeals in summary conviction cases
• sets provincial precedent; decisions must be followed by provincial court judges in that province
• can be composed of a judge alone or a judge and jury

The judges in this court are appointed by the federal government.

Provincial Court of Appeal (example: the British Columbia Court of Appeal)

This is the highest court and the final court of appeal in the province. Many appeals stop here as the Supreme Court of Canada accepts only appeals that are deemed to be of great importance. Appeals are heard by three or more judges, depending on the case. Their decisions may be either unanimous or majority judgments. Split two-to-one judgments are not uncommon. When the court releases its decision, it also provides explanations for the majority vote, and dissenting judges provide their reasons for disagreeing. This court:

• hears appeals from the trial division of provincial superior courts
• sets provincial precedent; decisions must be followed by all judges in that province
• has three to five judges to hear all appeals

The judges in this court are appointed by the federal government.

Federal Courts

This is Canada’s national court system that hears legal disputes with the federal government. In 2003, the former Federal Court of Canada was separated into two distinct courts: the Federal Court, and the Federal Court of Appeal. The Federal Court has jurisdiction over cases involving federal government boards, tribunals and commissions, and issues within federal jurisdiction. These include immigration and citizenship matters, and intellectual property (such as copyright and trademark issues), as well as cases involving the federal government. The Federal Court of Appeal hears appeals of decisions by the Federal Court. Decisions of this court may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Both the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal have regional offices in all major cities in Canada, although the judges and the main court facilities are located in Ottawa.

Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is the final court of appeal in our country. Even though the SCC is the highest court in the land, not all parties — individuals, organizations, or even governments — have the right to appeal to it. Before it agrees to hear an appeal, the court determines if the issue is of great importance or if a question of law must be decided or interpreted. However, there is an automatic right of appeal when there is a split decision from a provincial court of appeal. Like the provincial courts of appeal, the SCC may be either unanimous or split. The Supreme Court of Canada:

• has unlimited jurisdiction in criminal matters
• hears appeals from provincial appeal courts and the Federal Court of Appeal
• hears cases of national importance (for example, interprets the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or clarifies a criminal law matter)
• generally grants leave (permission) before the appeal will be heard
• sets a national precedent in its judgments; these decisions must be followed by all judges in all courts of Canada

The nine judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the federal government and can serve until age 75.

EVERYONE should read this Globe & Mail article on former Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin who retired from the Supreme Court of Canada in December 2017. From the article...
Ultimately, her achievements were remarkable. She would go on to help shape Canadians' fundamental rights as much as any judge in the country's history, from the legalization of assisted dying (Carter v. Canada), to a huge expansion of Indigenous rights (Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia), to a rebalancing of how police and the legal system treat people accused of crimes.
I'll have you read through "Our Criminal Court System" from pages 134-136 in the All About Law textbook and complete questions 1-5 on page 138. 

After, please read each scenario and determine what court would address the issue.
  1. A trial is taking place for a person who is charged with the summary conviction offence of pretending to practice witchcraft contrary to section 365 of the Criminal Code.
  2. An issue of national importance has been dealt with by the provincial supreme court and the provincial court of appeal. The party that lost at the court of appeal wants the issue reconsidered.
  3. A trial is being held about an intellectual property matter.
  4. The Crown thinks that a sentence given in the provincial supreme court for a person convicted of sexual assault is too lenient and is appealing the sentence.
  5. A person is charged with the indictable offence of aggravated assault and is having their preliminary hearing.
  6. A person is on trial for the indictable offence of impaired driving causing death.
  7. A person loses their copyright case and wants to have the decision reviewed by a higher court.
  8. A person was convicted of a summary conviction offence and is appealing the decision.
  9. The provincial court of appeal makes a decision. What courts are bound to follow that decision?
  10.  In a split decision, the court of appeal affirms the conviction of a person charged with murder. The convicted individual wants the case considered by a higher court.
C/D Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - With Benton in 145, if it's nice we'll do some biomass analysis and tree identification in the Vanier forest. After we'll look at the forest in Borneo (as you're doing a deforestation/Palm Oil activity with Ms. Nadeau). From Mongabay

Borneo's forests are some of the most biodiverse on the planet, home to more than 230 species of mammals (44 of which are endemic), 420 resident birds (37 endemic), 100 amphibians, 394 fish (19 endemic), and 15,000 plants (6,000 endemic). Surveys have found more than 700 species of trees in a 10 hectare plot  


Borneo rainforests are multi-layered. The canopy reaches 24 to 36 m in height, with emergent trees towering 65 m, and is dominated by species of Dipterocarpus, Dryobalanops, Shorea, Hopea, Vatica, Burseraceae, and Sapotaceae. The sub-canopy includes species of Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae, and is usually adorned with lianas, orchids, and epiphytic ferns. Rafflesia arnoldii, one of the six species in this genus of parasitic plants, has the world’s largest flower reaching over 1 meter in diameter. The flowers grow from cryptic vines on the ground and give out the smell of rotten meat to attract insect pollinators. 



Today we are in the library / learning commons to finish our work on palm oil. Remember, you need to look through the Interactive on Palm Oil and work through the handout (courtesy of Geographypods) that we gave you Friday. 

For more on palm oil check out:

To help with companies that use palm oil:

Hopefully we can have a conversation with you based on a few of the tasks we asked, such as:

Task 9 – Can Palm Oil be sustainable. Listen to the embedded PodCasts on the site and make notes on whether the experts think that Palm Oil production can be sustainable

Task 17 – Carry out a short investigation into a company that uses Palm Oil irresponsibly. What is being done about it?

Using Palm Oil as an example, How do we protect peoples livelihoods and the environment (not a zero-sum game or either/or prospect)?

To help consider the following:

 

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