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Situation:- Have you ever considered the numerous criminal acts that take place throughout our childhood fairy tales? If you look deeper you will notice just

Situation:- Have you ever considered the numerous criminal acts that take place throughout our childhood fairy tales? If you look deeper you will notice just how incriminating you famous villians are from your favourite disney movies. For this, you are the Crown attorney for the task of bringing justice to your chosen fairy tale.

Task:- As a Prosecuter for the Crown, your job is to bring justice through a guilty verdict. In order to reach a guilty verdict, you must paint a theory of crime that explains the actus reus and mens rea of the accused. Use legal theories of Canada to prove your judge/jury that they are guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

Assignment:-

  1. Brief summary of the fairy tale (main points, inculding 5Ws description of the main crime your counsel will focus on)
  2. Who are the parties involved in the crime (suspects, victims, witnesses)
  3. List of all the criminal offence that occur in fairy tale and the coresponding criminal code offence ( this can be just a list format)
  4. Select the worst crime found in your story to build your case on.
  5. Identify the principal offender, what is the charge as well as category of the offence (indictable, summary, etc.) and explain some potential penalities
  6. Explain the theory behind the crime- what's the actus reus and mens rea in the crime. Explain which type of mens rea- (willful blindness, criminal negligence, etc)
  7. What are your recommendation as the appropriate sentence after the trail as well as prior to (plea bargain). Make sure to include to reflect back on key evidence, witness testimony etc.

Suggested Fairy Tales:-

Hansel and Gretel

- Little Red Riding Hood

- Three little pigs

- Jack and the Beanstalk

- Goldilocks and three bears

- Santa Claus

- Chicken Little

- Rapunzel

- Humpty Dumpt

- Sleeping Beauty

- Pinocchio

- Cars

- The Emperor's New Clothes

- Snow White

- The frog prince

- The gingerbread man

- Rumpelstiltskin

- Beauty and the Beast

- Little mermaid

- 101 Dalmatians

- Winnie the Pooh

- Tooth Fairy

- Easter Bunny

- The Rescuers

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