Step 1: read scenario #1 and prepare an essay that answers the question(s) that follow.
scenario #1:
the district attorney (da.) suspects that corinne dwyer is running a call-girl service out of her suburban home. the da does not have enough evidence to prosecute
dwyer for her prostitution activities, but he does have sufficient evidence to prosecute dwyer for abandoning an appliance. dwyer had put a refrigerator at the end of her
driveway with a "free" sign on it, in violation of a statute that provides that any person who discards or abandons or leaves in any place accessible to children, any
refrigerator, icebox, deep freeze locker, which is no longer in use, and which has not had the door removed or the hinges and such portion of the latch mechanism
removed to prevent latching or locking of the door, is guilty of a misdemeanor." (this is an actual offense under the california penal code, section 402b.) dwyer is thus
charged and argues that she has been unfairly targeted for pretextual prosecution, in violation of her fourteenth amendment right to equal protection. what should the
court decide?