Final+Project

Supreme Court
Guided Questions -What most intrested you about the Supreme Court? The types of laws/branches that the Supreme Court was intrested me. Also, the cases that are held there are very serious and concerning. That intrests me too. -What questions do you still have? Some questions I still have are how the Justices make their final decision, does Cheif Justice have all the power, and how many justices were there in all? -Topic/Project Ideas Crimes, Cases, Punishments, Justices, Supreme Court -Technolohy you liked using Slide Show, Voice Thread, Wordle, Glogster, Pirate Pad, Pictures =Day Care Abuse Hysteria= This was a period of time between the 1980s and early 1990s where severeal forms of child abuse and satanic ritual abuse were happening in Day Cares. A case in Kern Country, California ignited the day care abuse into public awareness. In our very own town, Malden had a case from the day care abuse hysteria.

Fells Acres Day Care Preschool Trial
It was in 1966 when Violet Amirault opened the facility after her husband left her. In 1984, a four year old student at the day care wet himself taking a nap. Gerald Amirault changed the boy into spare clothing. Later that year, the boy was found playing sexual games with his cousin. The mother and uncle questioned the little boy and found out that Amirault sexually abused the little boy. He was later arrested for rape charges. Police got all the parents of the children into a meeting in the station to discuss the problem. The parents were to go home, look for signs of sexual abuse and interview their children. Amirault was later charged with molesting more children. Also his mother, Violet Amirault, and sister, Cheryl Amirault LeFave were charged with rape. Amirault was convicted of raping and assaulting and raping nine children. He was sentenced to prison for 30-40 years. Violet Amirault and Cheryl Amirault was sentenced to jail for 8-20 years. Most of the evidence used to convict the Amiraults were the interviews of the children who were allegedly sexually abused by the Amiraults. The interviews were improper so some might say if the Amiraults really raped the children. media type="custom" key="6604519"

Day 2 Review Field Trip
On the field trip, the Speaker said something about a pyramid with the Court System. the lowest level is the district court, than circuit courts, than appeals, and finally the Supreme Court. The Fells Acres Day Care case went through the same court system as the one he mentioned on the tour. The hearing happened in the district court and eventually it went all the way to the Supreme Court.