thought of it’s generally the judge‚ jurors‚ defendant‚ defense attorney and prosecutor. What about the other important participants? Court administrators are key factor participants as well‚ such as the bailiffs‚ court clerk‚ court reporters‚ and witnesses. Every one of these participants plays a key role in the criminal justice system and contributes to the effectiveness of the courts existence. The judge is a public officer who hears and decides cases in a court of law. The defendant is the person
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2.05 Lexington & Concord: Who Fired First? Essay Who do you think fired first at the Lexington and Concord? I have listen and reviewed six different sources about the Lexington and Concord. Some were letters‚ maps‚ diary entries‚ illustrations and personal encounters. My thesis for this battle is that nobody truly knows who in fact fired first. For starters‚ in the six sources I read and listened to; they all said different things. Some said they are not sure who fired first‚ others said “there
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Scientific Method Ra ’Nisha Bowen AJS/592 July 8th‚ 2013 Leonard Robinson Scientific Method The scientific method is defined as a procedure that scientist use over periods of time to assemble a precise interpretations of the world. These perceptions and interpretation of natural phenomenon’s can be influenced by a person culture and beliefs. The scientific method is made up of four steps. These steps include
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1. What do you think are the responsibilities of the first officer arriving on the scene? The responsibilities of the first in officer include checking for victims‚ securing the scene‚ checking for suspects‚ corralling witnesses and calling for additional resources. He needs to make sure that no one enters or leaves the scene prior to investigators arriving on the scene. 2. What should be done when additional officers arrive on the scene? Once additional officers arrive on the scene‚ those
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On April 15‚ 1920‚ a paymaster for a shoe company in Braintree‚ Massachusetts‚ and his guard were shot to death by two men who escaped with $15‚776.51. Witnesses reported that both of these men were Italian’s. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were with two other men while they went to a garage to claim a car that local police connected with the crime. The police then arrested them‚ due to their being “suspicious characters.” This became one of the most controversial cases in American history
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were the last words Kitty Genovese had said before meeting her demise. In the reading titled “Why Don’t People Help in a Crisis” by John Darley and Bibb Latane‚ they claim that all witnesses in a situation are indifferent. One of their examples include the famous murder of Kitty Genovese in which thirty-eight witnesses looked at the scene more than once and did nothing about it. “They continued to stare out their windows‚ caught‚ fascinated‚ distressed‚ unwilling to act but unable to turn away‚” says
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innocent. The prosecutor’s witnesses are not reliable witnesses of a crime because they had illegally broke into my client’s home and room to find my client and the deceased Homer Barron in her bed. Therefore all the evidence and testimonies of the people who broke into my client’s home can be seen as unreliable and tainted evidence for this case. There are questions that need to be answered that the prosecutors don’t want you to know which is why should these witnesses be creditable after breaking
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Convictions and the Utilization Eyewitness Accounts Kaplan University Professor Janice Walton CJ266-03: Deviance and Violence 12/5/2013 In our society today many innocent people have been sent to jail on false identification by victims or witnesses. We will be identifying the ethical issues within the field of criminal investigation as applied to wrongful conviction based upon tainted or faulty line-ups. Addressing the ethical responsibilities of law enforcement in their requirements for fairness
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Ida Fink is a play that describes the recording of statements given by multiple witnesses on behalf of a war crime that occurred. The prosecutor in charge interviewed 4 people who were present during the crime and took note of their testimony. The interview seemed more like an interrogation‚ since the prosecutor wanted every detail from that day. Although a work of fiction‚ the tales of atrocity provided by the witnesses in the play represent the magnitude of brutality the Nazis implemented on civilians
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They may have done this for reasons because they didn’t want to get involved or want to talk with the police. Since the crime was in a populated public place witnesses may innocently walk by and think nothing of it. They may have also thought that a lot of other people were around and it was being dealt with‚ which can be called the bystander effect (Dewall & Myers‚ 2015). In addition‚ bystanders can also make
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