CRIMINAL CASES All criminal cases have a PRETRIAL hearing at magistrates court. This will very rarely be the only hearing - only where the person pleads guilty‚ no further enquiry is needed and the person already has or does not want legal rep. Final trial will be in either mag. or crown court Summary offences: nearly all driving‚ common assault‚ criminal damage under £5000 Can be dealt with in first hearing but unlikely‚ may need to gather evidence of root guilty plea‚ request medical reports‚ call
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PLEA BARGAINING The former Chairman‚ Local Government Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State‚ Justice Waheed Olaifa (rtd)‚ has described plea-bargaining as a bad compromise which is eroding the integrity of the judiciary and deepening the culture of corruption in the country. Olaifa who spoke with journalists shortly after he bowed out of the bench‚ noted that plea-bargaining was a strange element in the Nigerian legal system. He said: “Plea bargaining is not in our own law. Instead of allowing
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justice system in Australia since 1824 when juries were first introduced‚ however many argue they are an outdated form of determining the outcome of trials. Some of the reasons why juries are outdated are that jurors don’t realise how long some trials go for and there are too many complex documents to consider in coming up with a verdict of some trials. Another reason is the people that serve on juries are the least qualified people. Juries can be defined as a group of citizens which hears the testimony
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exploratory behavior. The subjects‚ rats‚ each individually spent 5 minutes in an open field for 6 trials. Throughout the study‚ exploratory behavior was measured in the number of contacts the subject made‚ the number of ambulations‚ and contact time (seconds). Trials 1-5 were mainly used to familiarize the subject with its surroundings‚ naturally leading to decreasing amounts of exploratory behavior. Trial 6 involves the same routine‚ except displaced objects are introduced in an attempt to renew exploratory
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they follow a different standard as follows: But it is as well to remember‚ for example‚ that while article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights‚agreed in November 1950‚ guarantees you a fair trial‚ it does not guarantee you a right to appeal against the outcome of that trial. The right of appeal is to be found in article 2 of the Seventh Protocol to the Convention which was only agreed so 34 years later‚ in November 1984. So‚ even in the legal thinking of the modern world‚ appeals
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2 Armington‚ while robbing a drugstore‚ shot and seriously injured Jennings‚ a drugstore clerk. Armington was subsequently convicted in a criminal trial of armed robbery‚ assault and battery. Jennings later brought a civil tort suit against Armington for damages. Armington contended that he could not be tried again for the same crime‚ as that would constitute double
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The film Twelve Angry Men suggest that The United States Judicial system is very unfair to the person being tried.In this trial‚ the defendant is being tried for killing his father. Some of the men in the jury are chosen very poorly. One example of them being chosen poorly is their past clouds their judgment. Juror number three had a bad past with his son which lead him to believe that all children are ungrateful and useless. “You’re right. It’s the kids. The way they are you know? They don’t listen
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[pic] Trial by Fire Did Texas execute an innocent man? by David Grann September 7‚ 2009 [pic] Cameron Todd Willingham in his cell on death row‚ in 1994. He insisted upon his innocence in the deaths of his children and refused an offer to plead guilty in return for a life sentence. Photograph by Ken Light. Related Links Audio: Grann on the Texas execution that may change the death penalty debate. Video: David Grann discusses the flaws of the Cameron Todd Willingham
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system the same elements still exist. The best module I liked was the courtroom rules. In this module‚ it showed the key player and their roles. Now I have a better understand as to what each duty is. I learned the difference between grand jury and trial jury. Grand jury‚ may consist of up to 23 jurors‚ and serve for a particular period and may serve on multiple juries at one time. They handle cases that are high-profile. They are able
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the burglary/shooting of Mr. Nesbit‚ the convenience store clerk on December 22. Steve is wrongfully arrested‚ and spends time in jail awaiting his verdict‚ which he is found innocent for after a long trial. While in prison‚ Steve put his time to good use and wrote a play word for word based on his trial. This book falls under the theme of stories that expose limits. This is true because Steve lost all hope in his case‚ and thought that he will be found guilty for the murder of Mr. Nesbit; however he
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