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cried.
“You might be right. He came at you pretty hard today,” Jack mumbled.
“Maybe it was just the hat. He was just pissed that you wore a hat in his classroom,” Sean suggested. Even though Sean did not believe that, he wanted Amanda to feel better.
“Maybe you guys shouldn’t be seen with me. He might figure it was y’all that were with me that night,” Amanda said.
“Don’t worry about it. We didn’t even do anything,” Jack said.
“We wouldn’t be in this situation if it wasn’t for your stupid idea,” Abrams yelled.
“Screw you! No one forced you to come,” Jack screamed back.
“Shut the hell up,” Will shouted. “We didn’t do anything and if Kirshner was going to call the cops, he would have done so by now. So, everyone just lay off each other.”
Will and Amanda stayed in the study room and the rest of the group left. Abrams looked back as the door closed and saw Amanda and Will embrace. He clenched his fists and punched the wall.
C hapter 30
Three weeks later, the group sat in Amanda’s room preparing themselves for exam week. They had only two examinations – Professor Dunlap-Elliott’s Legal Writing quiz and Professor Kirshner’s mid-term killer exam. Kirshner’s examination was legendary for separating the boys from the men. It would not be unusual for a quarter of the class to drop out of law school after taking his examination.
Luckily, they only had the two tests to study for. The rest of their classes had only one examination at the end of the semester. Professor Dunlap-Elliott’s exam was basically a “Blue Book” exam; the Blue Book was a guide for legal citations. Will nicknamed the Blue Book “Satan’s Bible.” He hated trying to figure out where the case name went or whether there was supposed to be a comma after the case citation. He was worried about this exam, but his concern in no way measured up to the fear he had of Kirshner’s Criminal Law exam.
They each had made outlines for Criminal Law, and they also had Todd’s outline. They each made a copy for everyone and traded them. They planned to meet every night, except for the last two nights immediately before the exam; that was alone time to ponder everything they had covered.
Every night, they would take turns teaching different topics. Amanda laid out a schedule for everyone so they all knew what topic they had to cover. They were feeling fairly competent and knowledgeable about Criminal Law. The hardest part of it was the amount of material they had to cover. Unlike in college, law professors always finished the entire textbook. Their Criminal Law book was 577 pages long, which meant they had 288 pages to cover. Within those 288 pages, there were nearly 80 cases to memorize and understand. It was no easy task, but the study group felt they were up to Kirshner’s challenge.
The group decided that Kirshner must not have recognized Amanda because he had never picked on her again. In fact, he left the entire group alone for the last few weeks and started targeting victims on the other side of the classroom. The group could finally relax and try to learn Criminal Law, instead of worrying they would be called on in class.
Will stood in front of the couches where Amanda, Sean, Abrams, and Jack sat. They moved the coffee table to the side to allow Will the space to pace back and forth as he taught the subject of the night – Strict Liability.
“Not all crimes require bad intent. The threshold of culpability required may be reduced. It might be sufficient to show that a defendant acted negligently, rather than intentionally or recklessly. Most strict liability offenses are created by statute, and often they are the result of ambiguous drafting,” Will proclaimed with confidence.
Will gave a brief overview of Strict Liability, and then started quizzing the group on what he just covered. The answers came easy and the group seemed to have a great understanding of the topic.
“Now, let’s discuss
“You might be right. He came at you pretty hard today,” Jack mumbled.
“Maybe it was just the hat. He was just pissed that you wore a hat in his classroom,” Sean suggested. Even though Sean did not believe that, he wanted Amanda to feel better.
“Maybe you guys shouldn’t be seen with me. He might figure it was y’all that were with me that night,” Amanda said.
“Don’t worry about it. We didn’t even do anything,” Jack said.
“We wouldn’t be in this situation if it wasn’t for your stupid idea,” Abrams yelled.
“Screw you! No one forced you to come,” Jack screamed back.
“Shut the hell up,” Will shouted. “We didn’t do anything and if Kirshner was going to call the cops, he would have done so by now. So, everyone just lay off each other.”
Will and Amanda stayed in the study room and the rest of the group left. Abrams looked back as the door closed and saw Amanda and Will embrace. He clenched his fists and punched the wall.
C hapter 30
Three weeks later, the group sat in Amanda’s room preparing themselves for exam week. They had only two examinations – Professor Dunlap-Elliott’s Legal Writing quiz and Professor Kirshner’s mid-term killer exam. Kirshner’s examination was legendary for separating the boys from the men. It would not be unusual for a quarter of the class to drop out of law school after taking his examination.
Luckily, they only had the two tests to study for. The rest of their classes had only one examination at the end of the semester. Professor Dunlap-Elliott’s exam was basically a “Blue Book” exam; the Blue Book was a guide for legal citations. Will nicknamed the Blue Book “Satan’s Bible.” He hated trying to figure out where the case name went or whether there was supposed to be a comma after the case citation. He was worried about this exam, but his concern in no way measured up to the fear he had of Kirshner’s Criminal Law exam.
They each had made outlines for Criminal Law, and they also had Todd’s outline. They each made a copy for everyone and traded them. They planned to meet every night, except for the last two nights immediately before the exam; that was alone time to ponder everything they had covered.
Every night, they would take turns teaching different topics. Amanda laid out a schedule for everyone so they all knew what topic they had to cover. They were feeling fairly competent and knowledgeable about Criminal Law. The hardest part of it was the amount of material they had to cover. Unlike in college, law professors always finished the entire textbook. Their Criminal Law book was 577 pages long, which meant they had 288 pages to cover. Within those 288 pages, there were nearly 80 cases to memorize and understand. It was no easy task, but the study group felt they were up to Kirshner’s challenge.
The group decided that Kirshner must not have recognized Amanda because he had never picked on her again. In fact, he left the entire group alone for the last few weeks and started targeting victims on the other side of the classroom. The group could finally relax and try to learn Criminal Law, instead of worrying they would be called on in class.
Will stood in front of the couches where Amanda, Sean, Abrams, and Jack sat. They moved the coffee table to the side to allow Will the space to pace back and forth as he taught the subject of the night – Strict Liability.
“Not all crimes require bad intent. The threshold of culpability required may be reduced. It might be sufficient to show that a defendant acted negligently, rather than intentionally or recklessly. Most strict liability offenses are created by statute, and often they are the result of ambiguous drafting,” Will proclaimed with confidence.
Will gave a brief overview of Strict Liability, and then started quizzing the group on what he just covered. The answers came easy and the group seemed to have a great understanding of the topic.
“Now, let’s discuss
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