Chapter 9 Terms Administrative Law (p. 261)—written law produced by state and federal regulatory agencies as opposed to government bodies (thus‚ some disagreement exists as to whether administrative law is law in the full conventional sense or merely a “body of rules”); many of the activities classified as white collar crime are violations of administrative rather than statutory law. Antitrust Law (p. 251)—law directed against monopolistic practices that interfere with the operation of
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Alberto Zaragoza !0/30/2012 AOJ-204 Mr. Martins In Central Criminal Divisions San Diego Superior Court‚ at Wednesday‚ October 23‚ 2012‚ I have observed my very first criminal jury trial. Court case SCD229101‚ in department 50. is a first degree murder trial that has occurred on the night of August 11‚ 2012 (PC187A).The Defendant‚ Quang Dang‚ 37‚ Stabbed his 27-Year old girlfriend‚ Myra Supiping‚ who was asleep alongside her children. The defense attorney says he killed out of raged and
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Is there truly any justice in the novel The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus? This is a question that naturally protrudes throughout the novel‚ as it is not abundantly clear what Meursault‚ the protagonist‚ was‚ in fact‚ put on trial for. At the beginning of the second part of the narrative‚ it is understood that he is put on trial for the murder of an Arab; however‚ it later comes to our attention that the murder was not the primary reason of his trial‚ and perhaps not even an essential one for
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P4- describe the role of lay people in criminal cases D1- evaluate the effectiveness of lay people in English courts Introduction Lay people are people who don’t get paid and who are not qualified; they are volunteer’s‚ lay people in the law are the magistrate and the jury and I will be explaining their role and the advantages and disadvantages of having lay people get involved with the legal system. The Magistrate A magistrate is some one who is not paid or is qualified and is only
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initial plea bargain he had agreed on with Kaffee. This again relates to class because we discussed how lawyers sometimes meet to agree on a plea bargain in casual settings before they meet in court. This also relates to how we learned the roles of a prosecutor in class for giving a plea bargain. Later in the movie‚ the case is in a district court. This had a lot of components of what we learned in class including‚ judges‚ bailiffs‚ the court reporter‚ and witnesses. As we learned in class‚ the judge is
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declared that the Bible in question was the official Bible of the State of Tennessee‚ and that this was the King James Version. The defense attorney‚ Clarence Darrow‚ asked where were they to find an expert on the Bible who was acceptable to the court; Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan interjected “I am an expert on the Bible.” This was unheard of‚ a counsel for the prosecution offering to be a witness for the defense! After 8 days of trial‚ in which the jury heard no defense and nothing from neither the
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for less than an hour before acquitting Butler. This was a case that was all over the media and from the start had people thinking he had done it. While watching the video in class‚ it had me really thinking. I simply did not believe anything the prosecutors were saying. Nothing was making sense to me‚ the confession‚ and the eye witness. I just did not think that Brenton Butler had killed 65 year old Mary Ann Stephens. This case was a lot different than the Fritzhugh video case‚ we had seen the week
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the vandalism prompted a media report. Two weeks later‚ according to Anderson‚ lawyer Sarah Churchill contacted Westbrook police to say 12 individuals "wanted to take responsibility for their actions and make amends." According to Anderson’s office‚ attorneys‚ prosecutors and Westbrook police reached an agreement in which each of the 12 students would pay $500 restitution‚ perform 40 hours of community service at the South Portland Department of Public Works and write a letter taking responsibility for the crimes
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Role of the Public Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice System In independent India‚ it goes without saying that the criminal justice system (hereafter CJS) must function within the framework of the principles enunciated by the Constitution. Broadly speaking‚ these are as follows : The guarantee of equality before the law Equal protection of the laws Prohibition of discrimination imposed upon the State Deprivation of life / personal liberty only in accordance with procedure established
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to rules of procedure and duties of prosecutors at criminal trials are governed by the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898. The prosecution service throughout had remained under the home department‚ and had been regulated by the police from which the public prosecutors and deputy public were drawn from the ranks of deputy superintendents of police and inspectors. Under no condition was any officer below the rank of sub-inspector authorized to act as a prosecutor in any case. In 1985‚ for the first
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