Policing Function
Court Issues Analysis
The court and court administrators are faced with numerous issues on a daily basis; everything from the crimes being committed, the language barriers, victims’ rights, and budget related issues just to name a few. The language barrier issue is one of the major challenges faced by the criminal justice system and administrators. The Administrative Office establishes the standards and guidelines for selecting and using interpreters in federal court proceedings (Interpreters Act 1978).
Issues Courts and Administrators Face
Perhaps the issues courts and administrators face in the courts today is the congestion, backlog, and delay in cases awaiting proceedings. This is a serious issue for courts and administrators in that due to the growing backlog cases may not receive the best of the justice system. Administrators may find themselves rushing through cases to get as many cases processed as possible. This can result in mistakes being made because the courts are not designed to function under such pressures and therefore errors occur in what is referred to as the assembly-line-justice (Stevens, 2004).
Because of the stress prosecutors are under cases are dropped without a reason, this is known as nolle prosqui, according to The Free Dictionary it means "we shall no longer prosecute," which is a declaration made to the judge by a prosecutor in a criminal case (or by a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit) either before or during trial, meaning the case against the defendant is being dropped. This also contributes to the courts being too busy which cause the increase in the number of cases entered into a plea bargain. In addition, the stress which overwhelms the courts and administrators can also increase the number of cases involving serious crimes to be included with cases involving lesser crimes in order to have the cases close (Hill &Hill, 2005).
About 35 states have such a stressed-out court system that it 's not uncommon for jailed defendants
The court and court administrators are faced with numerous issues on a daily basis; everything from the crimes being committed, the language barriers, victims’ rights, and budget related issues just to name a few. The language barrier issue is one of the major challenges faced by the criminal justice system and administrators. The Administrative Office establishes the standards and guidelines for selecting and using interpreters in federal court proceedings (Interpreters Act 1978).
Issues Courts and Administrators Face
Perhaps the issues courts and administrators face in the courts today is the congestion, backlog, and delay in cases awaiting proceedings. This is a serious issue for courts and administrators in that due to the growing backlog cases may not receive the best of the justice system. Administrators may find themselves rushing through cases to get as many cases processed as possible. This can result in mistakes being made because the courts are not designed to function under such pressures and therefore errors occur in what is referred to as the assembly-line-justice (Stevens, 2004).
Because of the stress prosecutors are under cases are dropped without a reason, this is known as nolle prosqui, according to The Free Dictionary it means "we shall no longer prosecute," which is a declaration made to the judge by a prosecutor in a criminal case (or by a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit) either before or during trial, meaning the case against the defendant is being dropped. This also contributes to the courts being too busy which cause the increase in the number of cases entered into a plea bargain. In addition, the stress which overwhelms the courts and administrators can also increase the number of cases involving serious crimes to be included with cases involving lesser crimes in order to have the cases close (Hill &Hill, 2005).
About 35 states have such a stressed-out court system that it 's not uncommon for jailed defendants
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