Just because most people rely on statistics‚ it doesn’t give the investigator the right to point fingers at the suspect that matches the demographic. Physical evidence and documentary evidence are the only things that could determine if a person is guilty or not‚ regardless of how much the suspect matches the statistical
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tries to remain impartial. In an inquisitorial court the judge plays the role as a fact finder to ascertain the truth. The adversarial system is a contest between two opposing sides. In the adversarial system‚ the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The adversaries are the Prosecutor and the Defense. Each presents their best arguments and facts as about their theories of the case‚ and they show weaknesses in the other side’s case. The Judge is supposed to remain neutral‚ weigh
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responsible. However this leads to countless lives being torn apart and innocent people thrown into prison. Sound familiar? Furthermore through our fear of child abusers and such flimsy
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he is in a very complicated and difficult situation. They see him as a very kind and innocent man that was accused of something he’d never commit. 3) The main example of generalized other I noticed during the movie was the social class of the Ward brothers. They all grew up and lived in a shaft their whole lives and really isolated themselves with society. No one in the community notices the Ward brothers until after the murder charge. I believe that their hard conditions are the reasons they
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CJUS 330: Judicial Process: Chapter 1: Courts‚ Crime‚ and Controversy: Criminal Justice System: the numerous public agencies involved in implementing public policy concerning crime. Dual Court System: Separate state and federal courts. Federal Court: State Court: Supreme Court of ◄ Appellate Court of last the United States resort (Supreme Court) ▲ ▲ Circuit Courts of Intermediate Courts of Appeals Appeals (in 39 states) ▲
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Victim’s Right Amendment National victim surveys indicate that almost every American age 12 and over will one day become the victim of a common law crime‚ such as larceny or burglary. (Resnick) Survey shows that more of the 75 percent of the general public has been victimized by crime at least once in their lifetime; as many as 25% of the victims develop posttraumatic stress syndrome‚ and their symptoms last for more than a decade after the crime occurred. (Kilpatrick) According to the Department
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even thousands of innocent lives. My question to him: how do you determine if those that the threat is against are actually innocent or do we just assume that because most are U.S. citizens that they are automatically innocent? Most people I know believe in the statement that everyone is innocent until proven guilty but there are certain circumstances where a little more research should go into finding out. Are we torturing someone because they have endangered the lives of innocents‚ or are we assuming
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an offender was said to be guilty unless proven innocent. Whether proven guilty or innocent‚ torture was implicated upon the accused (Cartwright‚ 2009). Cesare Becarria and Jeremy Bentham were the early criminologists that were opposed to this treatment. They argued that the punishments and death penalty of an accused person were harsh and inappropriate. The accused that were guilty were tortured twice as much as the people proven innocent. Nonetheless‚ the innocent were still tortured. Becarria
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focuses on one of the basic ones such as‚ the right to be heard‚ and the right to an impartial judge. The due process model is base on the presumption of the offender’s innocence until proven guilty. Therefore‚ such clause has given the majority rule that the offender shall remain free until he or she is proven guilty. Others believe that pretrial detention is not necessary unless offenders posted threat to society. Society wants to know who is responsible for determining if offenders are or will
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land. Was Oedipus guilty of murder and incest or not? Many facts have been found to prove that he is guilty‚ while many opinions are raised in favor of his innocence. Oedipus was indeed guilty of murdering his father and having incest with his mother. The play itself is all the evidence needed to convict Oedipus of these charges. The play states everything that Oedipus did until he is driven away from the land. The evidence from the play would definitely make Oedipus guilty. In addition to
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