AJ 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Prohibition In The United States, Extortion

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 014
• Professor: green

Document Summary

Only got involved in some criminal cases like treasons. For the most part it was the state making rules, until the states ask for the federal"s help. First instance, it was during the prohibition era. The state did not like the help the federal government was giving them. The state had a system set up where you can"t sell alcohol, but can drink it, if you have a permit then you can get a lot of alcohol to have a party. More organized crime happened because selling went underground, and underground crime cause a lot of extortion, murder, and crime, which the state could not handle, and the federal government got involved. Then, came the war on the drugs. The federal government said if you want the money on the highways from the taxes, then would have to go with these certain laws; ex: drinking age (used to be 18, now.