A student leaves class and, while driving home, hits and kills criminal law professor. Outline a changing set of facts and circumstances which would make this an offense of capital murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, and negligent homicide.

Topic 1:
Imagine This Scenario:

A student leaves class and, while driving home, hits and kills criminal law professor. Outline a changing set of facts and circumstances which would make this an offense of capital murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, and negligent homicide.

Topic 2:
Research and read the case about Debra LaFave, the middle school teacher from Central Florida who pled guilty in November 2005 to having sex with a 14-year-old student and received house arrest and probation. Does a double standard exist in these cases between a female and male offender?

Paper Format Guidelines:
This paper is to your professor from you, so you need to:
Use double-spaced, Times-New Roman font
Make your memo at least 2 pages long
Cite Your Work in APA Style

BOOK: Schmalleger, F. (2022) Criminal Law Today (7th ed.). Pearson.
Chapter 7: Crimes against Persons: Homicide
Chapter 8: Crimes Against Persons: Assault, Sex Offenses, and Other Crime

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