Courtroom Participants’ professional Standards Willie L Jones CJA/224 01-07-2013 University of Phoenix Abstract Prosecutorial misconduct is defined as the use of deceptive‚ illegal or reprehensible methods used by a prosecutor‚ to attempt to persuade either the court or the jury. Wrongful convictions in this country are nothing new to the criminal justice system. They are as old as the system itself‚ and they will continue to exist as long as the fallibility of human judgment continues.
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1 .Explain how "the desire to win" can lead a prosecutor to pursue a case that should be dropped or choose to not disclose evidence that would exonerate a defendant. How does the organizational/occupational culture affect their motivations? The prosecutor’s interest in the prosecution is to win‚ and for the unscrupulous‚ unethical prosecutor to win regardless of the guilt or innocence of the accused. The prosecutor’s career path could be injured by failing to win‚ showing the lack of skill as a
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Criminal Law Kiaira Knox 3.14.13. Criminal law addresses the government’s prosecution of individuals who have committed an act classified as a crime. Federal‚ state‚ and local governments categorize crime and prosecute criminals. This is the nature and purpose of law. Without laws‚ people wouldn’t know what to do. The rule of law is the belief that an orderly society must be governed by established principles (laws) and applied fairly to all of its members (basically stating that no one is
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a set of people. The judge‚ the defense attorney and the prosecutor. All of which are not perfect like the US Judicial System‚ and justice is not always served. Individual rights are violated due to prosecutorial misconduct‚ ineffective assistance by criminal defense counsel‚ and judicial misconduct. In some instances‚ the guilty
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There are several reasons for wrongful convictions. Half of the wrongful convictions can be blamed on police misconduct and other wrongful convictions included false statements and mistaken identity. Wrongful convictions could and should be prevented. One of the most common forms of police misconduct is use of force. We can reduce and eliminate wrongful convictions by punishing police and witnesses who conduct illegal activity and lie on the stand under oath. Introduction Wrongful conviction
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One of the frustrations faced by many businesses is that after the perpetrators of crimes have been identified‚ the District Attorney’s office will not pursue the case. One option is for victims to sue the DA in an attempt to compel him to prosecute‚ but this would be costly and proving dereliction of duty would be difficult. The DA is effectively immune. Other options are more promising. The law should encourage (and prosecutors’ offices should welcome) private preparation of criminal cases. Prosecutors’
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the pressures of prosecutorial misconduct‚ judicial misconduct or misconduct by the defense counsel (by not properly representing the client) in order to boost their own careers regardless of the consequences. All three misconduct actions mentioned could be a layers biggest nightmare unless the attorney stays on the legal side of the law without any outside influences. In this essay‚ three real-life court cases from Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ New York and Kentucky‚ will show the misconduct by the three main
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Anthony‚ C. (2005). Predictions of Future Dangerousness in Capital Murder Trials: Is It Time to ’Disinvent the Wheel? ’. Law And Human Behavior‚ 29(1)‚ 55-86. Platania‚ J.‚ & Moran‚ G. (1999). Due process and the death penalty: The role of prosecutorial misconduct in closing argument in capital trials. Law And Human Behavior‚ 23(4)‚ 471-486.
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will do some time in a prison during his lifetime (Mauer‚ 2004). The reason behind why racial disparity continues to grow is for four reasons. The four reasons would be prosecutorial discretion‚ ineffective assistance by attorney’s and procedural bar‚ venue and jury selection‚ and racism by the jurors. In the case of prosecutorial discretion the comparison of white-collar crime and street crime will show the discretion. The sentence in a white-collar crime case is less than the sentence in a street
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JUS 100 Intro to CJ Final Exam Name: ___________________________ 1. Name the case in which the Supreme Court overruled a federal appellate court which had decided that an Oklahoma school district’s drug testing policy was unconstitutional. The SC ruled that a search of schoolchildren may be reasonable when supported by “special needs” which included a faculty monitor standing outside a bathroom listening for the “normal” sounds of urination. a. Gideon v. Wainwright b. Pottawatomie County
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