CJS/200 Courtroom Players Response September 4‚ 2013 Courtroom Players Response The Courtroom Work Group is a group that is comprised of the judge‚ prosecutor‚ defense attorneys‚ claimants as well as the defendants. The roles of the individuals in the Courtroom Work Group are to work together to successfully prosecute in the criminal case. This group interacts on a daily basis with all having a mutual goal of production in mind to close the case. In my opinion a Courtroom Work Group is non-other
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courtroom work group. Each person acts as one of the cogs in the machine‚ all cooperating to reach a common goal. This paper will describe what a courtroom work group is‚ who is in a courtroom work group and what they each do. The role of the prosecutor will also be described and how they determine which cases to pursue‚ and what would happen if the criteria for the prosecution of cases were more lenient or stringent. Lastly‚ this paper will describe the effects of the criminal justice funnel and
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and all court room proceedings to a successful close. Each of professional in the courtroom work group has it’s own duties. The prosecutor is responsible for presenting the states evidence and preparing the states case against the accused. It is up to the prosecuting attorney to determine which cases should be pursued and which to let the charges drop. The prosecutor makes these decisions based on a variety of criteria. They will look at the evidence against the accused‚ the crime itself‚ the history
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A Crime of Insanity It’s just another day of class‚ at least which is what is going through your head. You think schools are a safe place‚ not a place where you can get shot or killed at. What is going through your mind when you’re their sitting in class? Nothing other than what is going on. But it was all different for these students that day. On December 14‚ 1994‚ 26 year old Ralph Tortirici walked into a history class at State University of New York. Underneath his clothes he had a hunting knife
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Criminal lawyers in Canada defend or prosecute individuals who are accused of committing criminal acts; lawyers must advocate for their client in the court in order to assure justice (Career Cruising‚ 2016). Core tasks of a criminal lawyer include examining evidence‚ interviewing witnesses‚ researching previous cases‚ in order to aid in upcoming cases‚ advise their clients on their rights and responsibilities‚ prepare arguments for the courts‚ prepare legal documents and represent their client in
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agency (Oxford: OUP) Herbert L. (1968)‚ Two models of Criminal Process (New York: Stanford University Press) Jackson J D (2004)‚ The effect of legal culture and proof in decisions to prosecute Law‚ Probability and Risk Jackson J (2008)‚ ‘Police and Prosecutors after PACE: The Road from Case Construction to Case Disposal’ (Oxford: Hart). King‚ D. (1999)‚ In the Name of Liberalism: Illiberal Social Policy in the United States and Britain (Oxford: OUP) Lacey N McConville M. et al (1994)‚ Standing Accused
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CHAPTER 5: PRETRIAL PROCEDURE IN 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
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interesting. During the recess I had some time to take in what was going on around me. The judge was not in the court room. I assumed he was probably in his chambers going over information from the trial that called for the recess to begin with. The prosecutor and the defense attorney were both present in the courtroom‚ occasionally talking to one another while they waited for the judge to return. The defendant was in the room as well‚ sitting next to his lawyer waiting for things to resume. There were
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were ignored when he was subject to grand jury without any due process. Sorry‚ dead wrong. The purpose of a grand jury is only to see if there was probable cause that a crime may have been committed. What evidence is presented is selected by the Prosecutor. There is no defense attorney‚ no defense presentation. It’s not about guilt or innocence‚ only to see if there’s the bare minimum of evidence that there may have been a crime. It’s EXACTLY the same barrier as a police officer has in order to stop
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PROS. ELIZA B. YU‚ LLM PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON DR. FLORENTINO H. HORNEDO‚ PhD UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS GRADUATE SCHOOL Philosophy of the Human Person’s Selected Theses The following are the five (5) selected theses that I shall endeavour to explicate and exemplify: 1. “Philosophy is the science of knowledge. But the outcome of any philosophical inquiry is determined by its starting place.” – Michael Novak
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