AJ 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Telephone Tapping, Assisted Suicide
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Stalking: the willful, malicious, and repeated following, harassing, or contacting of another person. Such behavior becomes a criminal act when it causes the victim to feel fear for his or her safety or the safety of others. Physician assisted suicide became national debate when dr. kevorkian began practicing obituary, helping people take their own lives. Megan"s law, sex offender registration, and community notification providing private and public information about sex offenders to the public. It is now considered rape a woman consents to sex, the sex act begins, and she changes her mind during the act and tells her partner to stop, and he refuses and continues. 2005 makes phishing sending out bulk email messages to trick consumers into revealing bank accounts a felony. Environmental protection agency has successfully prosecuted significant violations including data fraud, indiscriminate hazardous waste dumping, and industry ocean-wide dumping by cruise ships, oil spills, and illegal handling of chemicals.