Key Assignment Outline P4IP CJUS625-1402B-01 Prof. M. Railey June 16‚ 2014 ABSTRACT For the following P4DB Key Assignment Draft‚ I will be discussing my thoughts on the three strikes laws‚ requirements‚ and the Ewing v. California case as it pertains to the three strikes law. Next‚ a few thoughts on how the public feels about crimes‚ both violent and non-violent‚ mandatory sentencing‚ and the discretion that prosecutors have during the sentencing process‚ will be discussed
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Expert Testimony Michael Rodriguez Chapter I History Expert Testimony DNA Forensics At every crime scene there always some evidence left behind. Forensic Science is application of science to the law‚ everything from finger prints blood‚ hair to all in DNA analysis is used. It is the basic root to solving crimes. Forensic science involves many factors relating to the human body and has the most accurate type of convincing when it comes down in the court room. This in return gives forensics
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legal questions. _____ 2. Good observation skills come naturally to investigators; they do not need to be trained. _____ 3. If we remember seeing something happen‚ we can trust that it happened just as we think it did. _____ 4. Most wrongful convictions seem to be the result of faulty eyewitness testimony. _____ 5. The Innocence Project is an organization that seeks to get convicted killers out of prison. Multiple Choices: Select the best answer for the question and place in the space
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comprehend the sentencing philosophy and purpose of criminal punishment through a review of the historical parameters concerning how sentencing and punishment serve society. Sentencing is the application of justice and the end result of a criminal conviction which is applied by the convening authority; followed by the sentence‚ or judgement of the court on a convicted offender. What makes punishment unique to our society is the application of our moral or ethical beliefs as a whole‚ and by the population
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Essay 3 An Introduction to Policing Hispanic culture includes Mexicans‚ Cubans‚ South Americans‚ Central Americans‚ and Puerto Ricans. The number of Hispanic officers is increasing each year. An advantage Hispanic officers have are that these officers can relate to Hispanic communities by knowing their language and cultural barrier. South Florida is being dominated by Cubans while in Central America and South America; Mexicans are the largest group along the border. There are different
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THE INNOCENT MAN: MURDER AND INJUSTICE IN A SMALL TOWN‚ by John Grisham. New York: Doubleday‚ 2006. 368pp. Hardcover. $28.95. ISBN: 9780385517232. Reviewed by Jack E. Call‚ Department of Criminal Justice‚ Radford University. Email: jcall [at] RADFORD.EDU. John Grisham’s legal novels are well-known to avid readers of that literary genre. THE INNOCENT MAN is Grisham’s first (and so far only) venture into non-fiction. It tells the story of Ron Williamson‚ an Oklahoma boy with great promise
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he met. Questioning everything was important to Socrates‚ and gods were no exception. Socrates persistence and conviction in
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Hurricane” Martin Luther King once said‚ “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe‚ popular‚ or political‚ but because it is right.” The song “Hurricane”‚ written by Bob Dylan takes a stand and ignores what was safe‚ popular‚ and politically right during the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ in order to paint a picture of injustice. Dylan organizes the actual events of a man named Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was a middleweight boxer
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Strayer University CRJ 320 Criminal Investigation Professor: Elaine Wilson The importance and legal uses of DNA evidence in Criminal Investigations Tasha L. Thomas 4/21/2013 Once a crime is committed law enforcement officers are dispatched to the scene and a criminal investigation begins immediately. The first responder to the scene begins to taper off the area and assures that nothing is touched or risk of contamination of evidence occurs‚ while waiting on the
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