Conduct becoming (400 words)
In Lecture Notes: Difficult Decision-Making, consider my decision to search the residence for the fugitive. What is your opinion?
Do you conduct yourselves as if you are on video at all times? Have you done things that you would not do in front of your grandmother? Why?
How do you feel about setting limits related to tolerable behavior?
Please read Philippians 2:3 – 8 and explain the leadership lesson.
Dilemma:
You are the assigned investigator in the abduction of a five year old girl. Based off of your interrogation of the suspect, you believe that he is aware of the girl’s whereabouts. To what lengths would you go to get the suspect to reveal the location of the abducted child?
Crimes in the bible (300 words)
Pick two (2) crimes that are described in the Bible (Other than murder) and discuss each in light of the following:
Discuss and state the elements of the crimes as they are presented in the Bible.
How do they compare to the equivalent crimes in your home state? Make sure to cite the relevant statutes and compare and contrast the elements with the biblical crimes.
Should these crimes still remain crimes in light of modern cultural standards or should they be more strictly enforced?
Criminal Procedure and Scripture (300 words)
Each of the scriiptures below concern a given criminal procedure topic. All scriiptures are from the New International Version, 1984. Begin this assignment by meditating on the given scriiptures. You may even want to pray about them. Psalm 119:18 recommends this prayer: “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.” Once you have done that, answer the questions below.
Witnesses
Deuteronomy 19:15 “One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
Deuteronomy 17:6 “On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.”
Cross Examination
Proverbs 18:17 “The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him.”
Deuteronomy 19:16–19 “If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime, the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.”
Physical Evidence
Deuteronomy 22:13–18 “If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,” then the girl’s father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town elders at the gate. The girl’s father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. Now he has slandered her and said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.’ But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.” Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, and the elders shall take the man and punish him.”
Exodus 22:12-13 “But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner. If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, he shall bring in the remains as evidence and he will not be required to pay for the torn animal.”
Answer the following questions for your thread:
Did these scriiptures change or confirm your views about how criminal procedure should operate according to each topic?
How does our current system deal with each topic?
How could our current system change (or not) to deal with each topic in a more biblical manner?
