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Extractions: Draft In what follows I will trace these developments and discuss their causes. I will not discuss the entire body of criminal law in each colony, but only the major crimes against the person, against property, and against religion and morals. Other categories of crime, such as contempts of authority, offenses against public order, and currency offenses either tend to be too idiosyncratic in their definition and punishment for comparison to be useful, or raise issues which would inconveniently broaden the scope of this paper. The way in which Penn settled the new government was to be heavily influenced by Quakerism. It is not clear what the reasons for this stability were. It may have been that the criminal laws already in existence were satisfactory to the legislators and their constituents; it may just as well have been that the factionalism and general instability of the institutions of government which characterized Pennsylvania during the early colonial period engaged the energies of legislators in other directions. The failure of Pennsylvania legislators after Penn had regained control of his colony in 1694 to enact new statutes to replace those not re-enacted under Fletcher suggests that the latter explanation is the correct one. The failure to re-enact the statutes mentioned above resulted in the creation of four new capital crimes, three of which were non-clergiable. If the legislators had been seriously committed to their old criminal code, and not entangled with other matters, such a change would not have been allowed to stand.
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Death By Religious Exemption VI. History of massachusetts religious exemption law there is now no child neglect law in the criminal code that requires parents to provide their http://www.masskids.org/dbre/dbre_6.html
Extractions: Sheridan Death - 1967 In 1967, five-year-old Lisa Sheridan of Cape Cod died of pneumonia. She had been seriously ill for three weeks and received no medical care. Her mother, a Christian Scientist, attempted to treat Lisa's illness solely by prayer. That same year the mother, Dorothy Sheridan, was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter for failing to provide her daughter with sufficient medical care. In his instruction to the jury in the Sheridan case, the judge referred to a section of the state's then existing child neglect law (Chapter 273, section 1) which set criminal misdemeanor penalties for any parent of a minor child who " willfully fails to provide necessary and proper physical care." The judge ruled the phrase "proper physical care" to mean "medical attention." Religious Exemption - 1971 In 1971, in an effort to eliminate any requirement under the child neglect law that Christian Science parents must provide their children with medical attention, the Christian Science Church successfully lobbied the Massachusetts legislature to pass the religious exemption law. The law added the following language to the child neglect law (Chapter 273, section 1):
Extractions: CRIMINAL LAW A Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure xxii, 767 pp., 1975, Order Code 5101, Was $35. NOW $20. Order this item View Shopping Cart Checkout Empty Shopping Cart A Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure is a comprehensive statute that integrates Supreme Court decisions on police practices and criminal procedure with developing knowledge and views about sound law enforcement and criminal administration. The proposals set forth in the Model Code were intended to encourage legislatures and rule-making authorities to evaluate their own criminal justice operations and to formulate such specific rules as they deem appropriate. Chief Reporter: James Vorenberg, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Reporters: Paul M. Bator, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts Tentative Draft No. 1 and Study Draft No. 1); Charles Fried, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Telford Taylor, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York Search and Seizure); Associate Reporters: Edward L. Barrett, Jr.
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The History Of Sodomy Laws In The United States - Maine For two centuries, Maine was part of massachusetts. There were no statutory changes in the law until a new criminal code was adopted in 1975 that http://www.sodomylaws.org/sensibilities/maine.htm
Extractions: The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States By George Painter Maine "We have no doubt that citizens generally consider sodomy ‘detestable’ and ‘abominable’. It is a dirty business." The Post-Revolution Period, 1776-1873 For two centuries, Maine was part of Massachusetts. It was separated in 1820 and admitted as a state, carrying the laws of Massachusetts with it. This made sodomy, under the Massachusetts law, male-only in applicability and punishable by hard labor for up to 10 years. In 1821, a separate sodomy law was enacted that copied the sex discrimination in the Massachusetts law, stating: That if any man shall commit the crime against nature with a man or male child, or man or woman shall have carnal copulation with a beast... This law remained until a revision of 1840 eliminated the gender-specific wording, the one year of solitary, and the hard labor provision. The word "detestable" was added to "crime against nature." The ten-year maximum remained. A new law of 1857 deleted the word "detestable" and established a minimum penalty of one year, with the 10-year maximum again retained.
Gay Rights Group Challenges States Anti-Sodomy Laws Itsa law Merante is determined to wipe off the states criminal code. Only 13 states, including massachusetts, still have sodomy laws on the books, http://www.sodomylaws.org/usa/massachusetts/manews10.htm
Extractions: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/350/region/Gay_rights_group_challenges_st:.shtml By Steve Leblanc BOSTON In Mark Merantes eyes, the life he shares with his long time partner Adrien Saks is a committed, loving relationship. But a 350-year-old Massachusetts law describes the couples physical expression of that love as an "abominable and detestable crime against nature" punishable by a lengthy jail term. Its a law Merante is determined to wipe off the states criminal code. The 35-year-old Boston attorney and his partner are two of ten plaintiffs, gay and straight, who are asking the states highest court to rule unconstitutional laws that bar certain sex acts. As part of the lawsuit, Merante and the other plaintiffs acknowledge engaging in the forbidden activities. "As two openly gay may who have been together seven years, unless we were celibate, pretty much everyone can figure out we had broken those laws at some point," Merante said. "What consenting adults choose to do in private should be left to them." The anti-sodomy laws, which date to colonial times, establish penalties of up to 20 years for anal intercourse and 5 years for any "unnatural and lascivious act," interpreted to mean oral sex.
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Extractions: Present Position Associate Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (2005-present) Courses regularly taught include Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Death Penalty Jurisprudence. I have also taught seminars on Constitutional Remedies, Sentencing and Topics in Criminal Justice Previous Work Experience Assistant Professor , University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (1999-2005) Received excellent teaching evaluations and uniformly positive peer reviews of my teaching, scholarship and service during my second and fourth year of teaching. Tenure was awarded at the end of the 2004-2005 academic year. Young Scholar , Earl Warren Legal Institute, University of California, Berkeley (1997-1999) Edited, researched and co-authored books, monographs and scholarly articles on an array of topics concerning criminal law, the administration of justice, and the formulation of criminal justice policy.
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Using Statutes - Boston College of codes on individual subjects such as domestic relations law, criminal law, Like the federal code, the massachusetts code is published in three http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/library/research/researchguides/statutes/
Extractions: INFORMATION GUIDE # 4 - PDF Version Revised August 1998 Statutes are laws enacted by a legislative body. They are binding on persons located within the jurisdictional authority of the legislative body. Statutes are what most people call "laws." While statutes are presumed to be clear as to their meaning, it is usually necessary to consult court decisions to determine how a particular statute is applied within the jurisdiction. Statutes are published in three different forms: slip laws, session laws, and codes. Each form provides advantages for different research needs. Slip laws are individual copies of laws published as soon as they are enacted. Session laws are chronological compilations of the laws passed by a particular legislature within each session. Codes are topical arrangements of all the permanent general laws in force in a particular jurisdiction at a particular point in time. Most statutory legal research is conducted using codes, since they provide the most complete picture of what the law is at a particular time by bringing related provisions together and incorporating amendments into the text. A special type of code, called an annotated code, provides references to cases that have applied the statute, and to other research aids.
Extractions: Criminal law involves prosecution by the government of a person for an act that has been classified as a crime. Civil cases, on the other hand, involve individuals and organizations seeking to resolve legal disputes. In a criminal case the state, through a prosecutor, initiates the suit, while in a civil case the victim brings the suit. Persons convicted of a crime may be incarcerated, fined, or both. However, persons found liable in a civil case may only have to give up property or pay money, but are not incarcerated. A "crime" is any act or omission (of an act) in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. Though there are some common law crimes, most crimes in the United States are established by local, state, and federal governments. Criminal laws vary significantly from state to state. There is, however, a Model Penal Code (MPC) which serves as a good starting place to gain an understanding of the basic structure of criminal liability. Crimes include both felonies (more serious offenses like murder or rape) and misdemeanors (less serious offenses like petty theft or jaywalking). Felonies are usually crimes punishable by imprisonment of a year or more, while misdemeanors are crimes punishable by less than a year. However, no act is a crime if it has not been previously established as such either by statute or common law. Recently, the list of Federal crimes, dealing with activities extending beyond state boundaries or having special impact on federal operations, has grown.
CrimProf Blog: Criminal Law The massachusetts legislature is considering a law enhancing the penalties for For the past 40 years, the Illinois criminal code has been changed in http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/criminal_law/
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Extractions: PROPERTY RIGHTS VI. APPENDICES Table of Contents ALABAMA ALASKA * ALASKA STAT. Sec. 45.50.900 (2) ARIZONA ARIZ. REV. STAT. Sec. 13-3705 ARKANSAS ARK. STAT. ANN. Sec. 5-37 510(c) CALIFORNIA CAL. PENAL CODE Sec. 653(w) COLORADO * COLO. REV. STAT. Sec. 18-4-604 CONNECTICUT ** CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. Sec. 53-142(c) DELAWARE DEL CODE ANN. Tit. 11, Sec. 922 FLORIDA FLA. STAT. ANN. Sec. 540.11 (3)(a) GEORGIA GA. CODE ANN. Sec. 16-8-60(b) IDAHO * IDAHO CODE Secs. 18-7603(3), 18-7604 ILLINOIS ILL. ANN. STAT. Ch.38, Sec. 16-8 INDIANA IND. STAT. 24-4-10(4) IOWA IOWA CODE ANN. Sec.714.15 KANSAS KAN. STAT.ANN. Sec.21-3750 KENTUCKY * KY. REV. STAT. Sec.434.445(4) LOUISIANA LA.REV. STAT. ANN. Sec. 14:223.6 MARYLAND MD. CRIM. LAW CODE ANN. Sec.467A(3)(b) MASSACHUSETTS MA. GEN. LAW ANN. Ch.226 Sec. 143c MICHIGAN MI.P.A. 210 MINNESOTA MINN. STAT. ANN. Secs. 325E.18 MISSISSIPPI MISS. CODE ABB. Sec. 97-23-89 MISSOURI MO.ANN. STAT. Sec. 570.240-41 MONTANA * MONT. CODE ANN. Sec. 30-13-144
