extra credit by watching the following video, reading the linked articles, and writing approximately 1000 words in your original reaction about what you learned about the roles of prosecutors, defense...

extra credit by watching the following video, reading the linked articles, and writing approximately 1000 words in your original reaction about what you learned about the roles of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and plea bargains and posting it onto the class discussion board below, and then posting a reply post to at least one other student's primary post, responding to their questions, reacting to their comments, etc.


Here is a link to the PBS Frontline video The Confessions: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-confessions/ After watching the video you may have some questions about what happened next, which the links below should help you answer: First, here is the entire timeline on the Frontline website which goes through August 2011 showing at the end that Derrick Tice's conviction was overturned: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-confessions/timeline-of-the-case/ Next is an article on the Frontline website which updated the situation for all the defendants through April 3, 2013: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/the-confessions/one-of-the-norfolk-four-makes-a-final-appeal-to-the-supreme-court/ Next is an article in the New York Times arguing why the Supreme Court should take Eric's case, and describing even more consequences Eric has to live with due to his conviction: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/us/eric-wilson-one-of-norfolk-four-challenges-conviction.html Then there is an article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch explaining how the Supreme Court case for Eric came out: http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/u-s-supreme-court-won-t-hear-appeal-from-norfolk/article_3230547b-9413-5230-95fb-6a114685b799.html Here is link about what ultimately happened to Detective Ford: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/dana-hedgpeth/former-detective-in-norfolk-4.html And finally, a link to article about the 2017 pardons for the Norfolk Four: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/norfolk-four-pardoned-20-years-after-false-confessions/ You should post your 1000 word reaction write-ups and then your reply post below. Primary post due by Saturday, April 17th at 11:59 p.m. and reply post due by Tuesday, April 20th at Noon (i.e. before class that day)