United States Judiciary has a hierarchy structure of courts. Each one of these courts has their own functions. The federal courts are formed by different levels. The United States Supreme Court is the top court in the USA. It is the final authority to appeal in all federal and state cases (Haire et al. 2003). The Supreme Court is the interpreter of federal constitutional laws. From the Supreme Court is the United States Court of Appeals. This is the appeal court of the federal judicial system. The
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State and Federal Prison Systems CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 University of Phoenix State and Federal Prison Systems The United States has the highest‚ documented incarceration rate in the world (Wikipedia.2012.) Approximately 2.4 percent of the United States populations are currently incarcerated. Recently‚ there has been an estimated amount of 2‚266‚800 adults currently in prison in both State and Federal Prison Systems. In this paper‚ I will be talking about a State Prison System‚ “Louisiana State
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I had the opportunity to visit a district court felony trial and a justice court misdemeanor DUI. These two courts were very different from start to finish from the atmosphere‚ length of the case‚ and how the lawyers acted. Stepping into each of these courtrooms was like stepping into two different worlds. While the proceedings may have been similar‚ the environments were completely opposite. The first court I attended was a district court case that was supposed to be a jury trial. The presiding
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This paper will analyze the history of state and federal prisons; making a comparison and contrasting about of the different security levels that exist in state prisons and federal prisons. Also it will mention some of the reasons for growth in the state prison system. State and Federal Prison Systems Prison is a term describing the facilities used to incarcerate convicted individuals and penitentiary describes the type of building. The debate to inaugurate penitentiaries instead of prisons
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Features of the Major Court Systems Criminal procedure can be complex‚ not only because of many factual questions that arise in day-day-police/citizen encounters but also because of the two-tiered structure of the United States court system. This two-tiered structure reflects the idea of dual sovereignty. The United States Legal system has been designed allow all citizens to receive a fair criminal trial regardless of social status‚ gender‚ race‚ and ethnic background. The system is composed by many
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Historical Development of the U.S Court Systems CJA/490 University of Phoenix When the English were colonizing North America‚ they brought with them their laws. Being from the British Common Law system‚ the settlers understood how that system worked‚ so they modeled their own government using Common Law. In the 18th century‚ when the Union was formed and the colonies became states‚ they kept their Common Law governments. However‚ the Articles
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State and Federal Prison System CJS/230 In our prison system today there are state and federal prisons throughout the United States. Our prison system is based on the created of the nineteenth century prisons that were used. Prisons confined felons serving sentences longer than a year and those sentence to
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CheckPoint: Court System Structure I The state court system and the federal court system have similar codes of conduct‚ but they do have their differences. The state court system hears way more cases than the federal courts‚ and get more personally involved due to the issues being right in their own backyard. The state of California has 58 superior courts (trial courts) which reside in each of the 58 counties. It is here where any‚ and all‚ issues pertaining to civil and criminal cases‚ as well
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The American Criminal Court System Sami-Marcia Donovan CJA/224 June 7‚ 2014 Gwendolyn Burrell Abstract Some say that crime is increasing‚ while others argue that crime is decreasing‚ in any event‚ it is not stopping and the Criminal Court System plays a crucial part in ensuring the safety of the American people and the communities they live in. The purpose of this paper is to examine and evaluate the development of the different court systems‚ their purpose and how they interact with each other to
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State and Federal Prison Systems CJS230 Amanda Stasiewicz 05/17/2015 State prisons hold people who are arrested by local police and sheriff departments. Federal prisons hold people who are arrested by the federal bureau of investigations (FBI). The state and federal prisons have security levels for every type of prisoners. State prisons are run by the department of corrections while the federal prisons are run by the justice department. “The Federal Bureau of Prisons was created by an act of Congress
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