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Essay will discuss a crime against persons.
Select a state and its statute making an act a crime.
MANSLAUGHTER/ PENNSYLVANIA statute
Research the historical common law for that crime.
Based on your research, compare the current criminal statute with the historical common law to see how the elements of the crime have evolved.
Write a short essay, 1,250 words or five typewritten or computer-generated pages, describing the elements of the current state statute, the elements of the historical common law, and comparing the elements and how they have changed. Discuss possible reasons for the changes in the elements, how the interaction of criminal justice agencies and the law may have contributed to these changes, and suggest new changes in the statute, based on society’s needs today.