Summarize Mateo’s experience as depicted in the movie Please Hold (one paragraph).
Define adversarial justice. (a few sentences)
Do you believe that the adversarial justice system worked as it was supposed to in Mateo’s case? Why, or why not? A full-credit answer will connect events in the movie to specific aspects of adversarial justice addressed in this course. (one or two paragraphs)
Consider the due process rights and protections that the U.S. Constitution provides for criminal suspects. We learned about these due process rights and protections in our units on policing and courts. Identify one due process right or protection that Mateo DID receive as part of his arrest. Explain what that right or protection is and how it was applied in Mateo’s case (In other words, what is one way that the criminal justice system DID work like it was supposed to for Mateo)? (one paragraph)
Consider again the due process rights and protections that the U.S. Constitution provides for criminal suspects. We learned about these due process rights and protections in our units on policing and courts. Identify one due process right or protection that Mateo did NOT receive as part of his arrest and explain in what way it was NOT applied in Mateo’s case (In other words, what is one way that the criminal justice system DID NOT like it was supposed to for Mateo? (one paragraph)
Select from the following guest speakers that we have heard from in this class: Captain Eric Tang, Fremont Police Department; Jared Rudolph, San Francisco Public Defender; Dr. Keramet Reiter (a criminologist) and Gabe Rosales (a graduate student) from The University of California, Irvine. How do you think the speaker you selected would respond to Mateo’s experience in this movie? A full credit answer will connect statements made by the guest speaker to facts in the movie (one or two paragraphs).