COURT HISTORY AND PURPOSE PAPER INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Neil Holmes CJA/224 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEMS 02/16/14 LEESA MC NEIL
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Interpreting Laws and Court Decisions Interpreting labor and employment laws‚ as well as court decisions‚ can be a tedious task at best. The laws set in place are constantly changing and use language that is not easily deciphered by the average working American. The United States Labor laws cover the binding legal connection between the employers‚ their employees and the employee labor unions. Within the borders of the United States; it is generally know that employers
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structure of the English courts within which a decision of a higher court will be binding on a court lower in the hierarchy. However‚ there have been occasions where the Court of Appeal departed from the decisions of the House of Lords this has been treated with hostility by the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal is bound by decisions of the House of Lords even if it considers them to be wrong. It was also bound by its own decision‚ however in Young v Bristol Aeroplane‚ the Court of Appeal held that
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One phase of the juvenile court process that is important is the release or detain phase. The detain or release phase is extremely important because at this point the court decides if they want to release a child to their guardian or sentence them to a juvenile correction facility. “Detention can be a traumatic experience because many facilities are prison-like‚ with locked doors and barred windows; Consequently‚ most experts in juvenile justice advocate that detention be limited to alleged offenders
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public place. While these court cases helped shape self-defense laws in today’s society‚ as seen these rulings still left a lot to be desired. While the court rulings settled the case‚ ambiguity resided in regards to what the rulings meant for future cases. Many state courts failed to recognize the self-defense doctrine because during the Beard case‚ the court did not make it clear that their wording‚ “where he had to be‚” meant at home (Ross 2015). Therefore‚ the courts took advantage the non-specific
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Juvenile justice system Checkpoint/Juvenile Court Process The Juvenile Court system is managed under the theory of rehabilitation rather than punishment in which also acts as parens patriae. Parens patriae is when a parent is reluctant or incapable to control a child‚ the state has the power to step in and act in the child’s and society’s best interest (Meyer & Grant‚ 2003). All juvenile courts have a judge of some type and have limited jurisdictions in which the judge is only allowed to hear
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United States Supreme Court‚ Missouri v. Frye‚ and Lafler v. Cooper and found to be unconstitutional for violating requirements listed in Strickland vs Washington‚ people still declare they cannot see a clear violation of one’s sixth amendment right in regardless to plea bargains. In conclusion‚ individuals on both sides of plea bargaining can dispute the amendment rights found within the plea agreement and argue why they are or are not being violated‚ even though court ruling have been brought
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61) Plea bargaining became common sometime after the Civil War. The proliferation of cases‚ in the federal courts‚ brought on by prohibition was instrumental in the institutionalization of plea bargaining. (Neubauer‚ 2002‚ p. 323) It was not until the sixties that plea bargaining became a topic of controversy. This controversy seems to stem from the fact that the name suggests that the courts are bargaining with criminals. But "much of what is characterized as ’plea bargaining ’ often involves the
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Have YOU ever heard of Youth Court? The Niskayuna Youth Court is offered as an alternative to the young people who have committed a crime in our community‚ instead of the criminal justice system. The Niskayuna Youth Court is run by two favorites of the high school student body- Mr. Stroebel and business teacher Mrs. Lindsay. People go to Youth Court after they have pleaded guilty to a crime to appear before a jury of their peers. The student jury then hears the evidence‚ and makes a decision about
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There is no such thing as justice in or out of court. There is no justice in court. Decisions in court are made by judge and even though he’s supposed to be impartial he’s just human and he makes mistakes too. As shown in Devil’s Advocate the outcome of a case often depends on lawyer’s ability to influence the judge and juries. Lawyers try to persuade people to believe that a criminal is not guilty‚ although they know he is. Leopold and Loeb case is a good example of that. Clarence Darrow took
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