Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file (not the subject header of your e-mail) should be:
  • F17-227-P5-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F17-227-P5-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• In-text Citations
  • you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of myths, etc.)
  • every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
  • check back later for more specifics
  • for Socrates, mention that you are using Plato's Apology in your introduction, then just give the page numbers provided by the text in parentheses when you cite.
  • for Barry Bonds, mention that you are using section I of the 9th Circuit Court's ruling in your introduction, then you won't need to provide in-text citations later in your paper.
• Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • to save paper, don't put on a separate page
  • in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
  • use hanging indents
  • for Plato's Apology see the on-line syllabus
  • for the 9th Circuit's ruling, United States v. Bonds, No. 11–10669. (9th Cir. April 22, 2015) Decided: April 22, 2015 At FindLaw for Legal Professionals a part of Thomson Reuters. <http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1698360.html> Date Accessed: put the date you accessed the ruling here
  • see pdf in Moodle for how much of a deduction there will be for failure to use hanging indents, italics (properly), etc.
• writing intensive:
  • Don't forget to turn in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't forget to make the revisions!)
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Write on one of the following topics:

• Topic 1 Background: Shortly after Barry Bonds was convicted on April 13, 2011 on the charge of obstruction of justice, Larry Munson, a sports writer for ESPN.com, noted: "It wasn't the testimony from a former girlfriend ... It wasn't the allegations ... And it wasn't the eyewitness account ... No, it was Barry Bonds himself who made the damaging statements that resulted in his conviction Wednesday for obstruction of justice" (Munson, "In the end, Barry Bonds hurt himself" ESPN.com). In a similar way, gaining the trust of the jurors in ancient Athens was critical to success.
  
  Prompt: Evaluate Socrates' second speech in the Apology, 36–38, and determine to why he was unsuccessful in gaining the trust of more than half of the jurors.
  
  PS: Don't forget that the purpose of his second speech is to persuade the jury to vote for the "penalty" that Socrates proposes, so keep that in mind when evaluating Socrates's speech.


• Topic 2 Background: Barry Bond's conviction was overturned on April 22, 2015 by the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. They examined whether a single "rambling, non-responsive answer to a question" was sufficient grounds for the charge of obstruction of justice and determined that that it was not since he later answered the prosecution's questions directly. In their ruling they also provide his "rambling, non-responsive answer" in full [9th Circuit's ruling].
  
  Prompt: In what ways was Socrates' defense (Apology, 21–25) against what he calls the slanderous charges similar to or different from Barry Bonds's answer as recorded in the 9th Circuit's ruling?