Abstract The court system in the United States serves as a tool to ensure that the society keep certain order and respect the law created by the Legislative and Executive power. The court system will ensure that crimes receive the deserve sanction applying the law (severe or not that severe‚ depending on the type of the crime) (Siegel L.J.‚ Schmalleger F.‚ Worrall J.L. 2011) How fair is the court system? How the court system that is used in today ’s America was created or developed? How it works?
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Traditional Juvenile Court System Juvenile court system started in 1899‚ and was created by four women who thought that children deserved a second chance instead of getting punished. The first city to have a juvenile court system was Chicago‚ Illinois. Today‚ they are found in Europe‚ Latin America‚ Israel‚ Iraq‚ Japan‚ and other countries. Most countries have similar systems with similar punishments. However‚ there have been many problems with this system. In 1967‚ there were a few disagreements
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Introduction Both Federal Court System and the State Court System play an important role in the criminal justice system. There are some major differences between these two court systems. A prime example of this is their jurisdiction while federal court jurisdiction is limited to the types of cases they are allowed to hear. For example‚ some cases involve violations of the United States Constitution and/or federal laws or the Congress could give them a court case. However‚ the state court has a broad jurisdiction
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The juvenile justice system was created for a simple but specific reason‚ and that was to have a separate system for juveniles. Juveniles were treated as adults before the first juvenile court was established in the 1800’s. According to the book the juvenile system was created to focus on “rehabilitation of youthful offenders” (Lawrence & Hemmens‚ 2008). I think there are two systems for a reason‚ but they are different in a lot of ways. One the big difference is age‚ most juvenile are under the
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History of the United States Court System Abstract When Congress first met on March 4‚ 1789‚ one of the first items of business was to fulfill the requirements of Article III‚ section 1‚ of the Constitution. Article III‚ section 1‚ provides that the "judicial power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court‚ and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." The First Congress responded by enacting the Judiciary Act of 1789‚ which established
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American criminal court system has been a work in progress for thousands of years. Crimes that were formerly punished by the “eye for an eye” concept have slowly evolved into crimes that are looked at‚ proven then judged by the criminal court system that we have today. The criminal system is an intricate‚ delicate weave of laws‚ punishments and retribution‚ while keeping human rights and needs into consideration. According to Seigel‚ Schmalleger and Worrall‚ 2011‚ “The court system is a collective
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Court System Structure In California‚ the court system is divided into two systems‚ trial courts and appellate courts. Trial courts consist are the Superior Courts and appellate courts consist of 6 Courts of Appeal and 1 Supreme Court. Trial Courts The state of California has 58 counties‚ each with its own Superior (trial) court(s). For these 58 counties‚ there are about 450 facilities that are utilized to hear cases‚ such as small claims court for example. These courts also have jurisdiction
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State and Federal Court Systems Fawn A. Babcock American InterContinental University Abstract The American court system is divided up into different systems to better serve the people it is meant to protect. Each branch deals with different types of cases yet they work together in handling these cases. While the Federal system deals with cases handed down directly by the U.S. Constitution the State system deals with their respective state constitutions and the
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Of the two systems‚ the federal is by far the less complicated. According to Article III of the Constitution‚ "The judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court‚ and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." In accordance with this directive‚ the federal judiciary is divided into three main levels. At the bottom are the federal district courts‚ which have original jurisdiction in most cases of federal law. Made up of 92 districts
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There are many hoops that a case must jump through in order to reach the federal supreme court‚ and there are different tracks in which it can get there. The Supreme Court can have original jurisdiction‚ it can reach the court via the federal system‚ and it can reach it via the state courts. The Supreme Court receives thousands of cases a year‚ and will only hear from approximately 80. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in a variety of cases. For instance‚ they have original jurisdiction
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