2.Capstone Case: Illinois v. LaraA jury found the defendant, Jason Lara, guilty of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault based on the claim that he sexually penetrated an eight-year-old girl. On appeal, Lara argued that the State failed to prove the corpus delicti of the offense because the State failed to present any evidence corroborating Lara’s confession that he sexually penetrated the alleged victim.Provide some examples of how corpus delicti could have been proven for the more serious sexual assault offense alleged at issue in the case.Do you believe that corpus delicti serves an important purpose, or should confessions be allowed to stand alone as evidence to support convictions?(800 minimum word requirement. 3 scholarly sources, one being a peer review journal within the past 7 years. apa format)3.Read the court’s opinion in California v. Towler, 641 P. 2d 1253 (Cal. 1982). Discuss how a defendant’s motive, intent, and opportunity can contribute to evidentiary proof that a murder has occurred.( cite sources, apa format. 400 word minimum)4.Capstone Case: Smith v. DoeThe Alaska Sex Offender Registration Act requires convicted sex offenders to register with law enforcement authorities, and much of the information is made public. The U.S. Supreme Court considers whether the registration requirement is a retroactive punishment prohibited by the Ex Post Facto Clause.Do you find that the Alaska registration law is not punitive and therefore not an ex post facto law? Why or why not?Should restrictions on ex post facto laws apply to administrative procedures, such as parole hearings, or should they only apply to laws that define crimes themselves?(400 word minimum, apa format)5.Read and compare the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Rogers v. Tennessee, 532 U.S. 451 (2001), where the Court considered whether a trial court can retroactively alter a common law rule that governs causation in homicide cases. What considerations does the Court identify determining whether to allow a retroactive change to the state’s longstanding common law rule? Which opinion—majority or dissenting—do you find more legally persuasive?(400 word count minimum, apa format, cite source)

APPLICATION PAPER #1 - WORST COWORKER PAPERYour paper can focus on either a current coworker or a past coworker. The coworker should be a real person, as opposed to an amalgam of multiple individuals. Moreover, some portions of the paper work better if the coworker is of a similar hierarchical level to you--as opposed to a boss or a supervisor. The paper should include the following three sectionsBackground - Describe the coworker. Give enough detail that it’s clear why you feel the way you do about this person, with enough richness that the section “brings the person to life” for the reader. Feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature.Explanations - Drawing on key terms from Chapters 4-7, provide an explanation of why, in your estimation, this employee has low levels of job performance and/or organizational commitment. When I say “key terms”, I’m referring to the words that are bolded in the chapters and that appear in the Key Terms section at the end of each chapter. Given the strict page count, you’ll need to strike a balance between breadth of coverage (i.e., the number of key terms mentioned) and depth of coverage (i.e., how detailed your use of a given key term is in explaining the employee’s attitudes and behaviors)Recommendations - Flowing out of the key terms discussed in the previous section, describe what the top managers or leaders in the company could do, very specifically, to improve the performance and/or commitment of your coworker. Then describe what you, personally, could do to make this coworker more effective. Finally, answer the following questions: Is this employee a “problem that cannot be fixed” to some extent? If so, describe what the top managers or leaders in the company could do to avoid similar problems in the future.Beyond the parameters above, please bring your own self-expression, initiative, andcreativity to the content and style of the paper. 80% of the paper grade will revolve around content issues, with 20% revolving around writing style issues. Papers are to be submitted in print, not electronic, on October 20, 2016.This paper should be 3-5 pages in length (double spaced, size 12 font, 1 inch margins). Please do not go over the limit.