Year 12 Legal Studies Crime Portfolio Crime: The Criminal Trial Process 1. Describe the role of the courts in the Criminal Justice Process: (300 – 400 Words) Once a formal charge has been laid against a person‚ a hearing or trial of the accused will need to take place in an appropriate court. There are many courts that have jurisdiction to hear criminal offences. The right court for the matter to be heard will depend on a number of issues this includes: The seriousness of the matter‚ in particular
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piece of a mock trial‚ essentially the last time you get to sell your case to the jury. During the closing argument‚ you are summarizing and putting together everything the jury has already heard during the trial. You are basically clarifying everything presented in the trial from showing the relevance of a particular witness to showing how everything you’ve presented comes together to prove your case. It is one of the most important parts of mock trial‚ mainly because the jury listens. It is
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The Trial of Napoleon Bonaparte: Hero or Tyrant? Prosecution- opening statement: o “I will prove that Napoleon is guilty of crimes against the people of France‚ Russia‚ and Austria.” –Nathan Kravitz o “Napoleon is a well known man but also a well known dictator. He took France out of a constitutional monarchy and called himself emperor.” –Courtney Barnes o “I can prove that he is bad based on testimonies of the French and the British” –Armando Delgado o “From what I have seen and heard thus
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The Mississippi Burning Trial" was not for the cold-blooded murders of three young civil rights workers‚ but rather for the violation of their civil rights. The federal government wanted to break Mississippi’s "white supremacy" stronghold on the South. "The Mississippi Burning Trial" proved to be the opportunity to do so. The three branches of the federal government and their various departments were actively involved in bringing about this civil rights trial in Mississippi and these activities
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OFFICIAL REVIEW OF JURY SYSTEM OF NEW YORK STATE NAME: Shreya Shah OFFICIAL ADDRESS: St Peters Lutheran College‚ 66 Harts Road‚ Indooroopilly‚ Qld‚ 4068 COURT NAME: The Supreme Court of New York State TRIAL: Murder Case of Puerto Rican Youth DATE AND DURATION OF SERVICE: 9 July 1957‚ Duration of 4 hours DATE OF COMPOSITION: 12 August 1957 The jury system either the majority or unanimous system is a part of our Justice system. Recently‚ when present at a trial of young Puerto Rican
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In Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” multiple themes are present such as freedom‚ compassion‚ and sympathy‚ but the main theme the author focuses on is oppression‚ specifically towards women. In order to reveal this theme the author uses the literary device allusion‚ and also cause and effect and ethos. The use of allusion helps reveal the theme with indirect implications. Cause and effect helps the reader see how the way Mrs. Wright was being treated and how that caused her to allegedly
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Once the jury retire to the jury room to consider their verdict‚ the jurors are prohibited from communicating with anyone apart from the judge or an assigned court official. This goes on until the verdict has been delivered. Under s.8 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981‚ they are also forbidden from revealing information gathered during their deliberations. A breach of this section would amount to a criminal offence. It is argued that jury secrecy ensures freedom of discussion in the jury room‚ protects
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CLU3M1-01 CULMINATING ACTIVITY: MOCK TRIAL On Behalf of the Defence: Anver Williams v. Donovan Tisi By: Shaneka Lewis Opening Statement: Greeting courtroom members‚ I am Shaneka Lewis apart of the Defence Attorney and I will be representing my client Donovan Tisi pleading not guilty upon the robbery and bodily harm charges. On December 5th 2013 at 5:30 PM‚ Anver Williams had claimed to be walking home from his basketball practice where he perhaps had been wearing his brand new basketball
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Speaking of racism‚ the Scottsboro Trials and other racist behaviors displayed by Caucasians in the South have many parallels to what happened in To Kill a Mockingbird. For the most part‚ the Scottsboro Trials were a series of trials for a group of African American teens who apparently raped two white women who were in a train car with them riding from Tennessee to Alabama (Johnson). Eventually‚ the juries convicted the men despite substantial amounts of evidence to the contrary (Anderson). Specifically
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In his book ’Civilization on Trial’ Toynbee deals with constitutional structure based on the British and US examples. The author states that constitutional systems are subjected to alterations as their institutional arrangements are adaptable to political changes in the country. First and foremost‚ the constitutional government implies the existence of a constitution that has control over the exercise of political power. State organs cooperate in controlling political power in such a way that
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