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You are selected for a jury in a trial of a 64-year-old mother who killed her two adult sons

You are selected for a jury in a trial of a 64-year-old mother who killed her two adult sons.The two men had Huntingtons disease, a degenerative brain disease, and were institutionalized.They were certain to die and would endure much pain and suffering before they expired. The defendants husband had died from this same disease, and she had nursedhim throughout his illness until his death.The defendant took a gun into the nursing home, kissed her sons good-bye, and thenshot them both through the head. She was arrested for first-degree murder. The prosecutorinforms you that there is no mercy killing defense in the law as it is written.If you were on the jury, how would you decide this case? What punishment does shedeserve?You are completing an internship with a juvenile probation agency and truly have enjoyedthe experience. Although working with the kids is challenging, you see many rewards inthe job, especially when you sense that you are reaching a client and making a difference.Mr. Childers, the probation officer with whom you work, is less optimistic about the kidsand operates in a strictly by-the-book legalistic manner. He is burned out and basicallydoes his job without getting too involved. Although you respect him, you know you wouldapproach the clients differently if you were to be hired full-time.One weekend, you are out with friends in a downtown bar frequented by college students. To your surprise, you see Sarah, a 16-year-old probationer, dancing. In watchingher, you realize that she is drunk and, in fact, is holding a beer and drinking it while she isdancing with a man who is obviously much older than she is. You go over to her, and sheangrily tells you to mind your own business and immediately leaves with the man. Latershe comes back into the bar and pleads with you to keep quiet. She is tearfully apologeticand tells you that she already has had several violations of her probation and at the lasthearing was told that if she has one more violation, she will be sent to a juvenile detention center. You know that Sarah has been doing much better in school and plans to graduateand even go to college.On Monday morning, you sit in Mr. Childerss office. What should you tell him?

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