Go to this text’s Web site at academic, cengage.com/blaw/clarkson and select “Chapter 9.” Click on “Video Questions” and view the video titled Casino. Then answer the following questions.
(a) In the video, a casino manager, Ace (Robert DeNiro), discusses how politicians “won their ‘comp life’ when they got elected.” “Comps” are the free gifts that casinos give to high-stakes gamblers to keep their business. If an elected official accepts comps, is he or she committing a crime? If so, what type of crime? Explain your answers.
(b) Assume that Ace committed a crime by giving politicians comps. Can the casino, Tangiers Corp., be held liable for that crime? Why or why not? How could a court punish the corporation?
(c) Suppose that the Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to search the premises of Tangiers for evidence of criminal activity. If casino management refuses to consent to the search, what constitutional safeguards and criminal procedures, if any, protect Tangiers?