without talking about it first.” (page 5). This quote from the story shows that juror eight is willing to give the boy’s story a chance and that he deserves a for the jury to at least discuss the trial opposed to them all immediately voting that he is guilty. Throughout the whole play‚ juror eight tried‚ not to convince the rest of the jury that he was not guilty‚ but try to get them to understand that a boy’s life was on the line. He was trying to show them that there was reasonable doubt‚ by showing
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Lane‚ the jury would come to a guilty verdict and James Lane would be convicted of 2 counts of first degree murder. “Sentences do not depend solely on the crime of conviction. Instead‚ statutes prescribe a range of potential sentences for particular crimes‚ and judges
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charge of questioning him said if he charged $850 and hour and he said yes. He then asked the witness how many times has he worked for the defendant’s counsel and he said probably two dozen times. The plaintiffs counsel additionally made aware to the jury by questioning the witness that 2 out of 36 times he works for the defense side. The plaintiff proceeded by asking him if the witness if he new the medical code of ethics specifically a section that says that doctors cannot be and advocate of the law
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Inequality in the Court System To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Harper Lee‚ the author‚ wrote this book in 1960 based on “the Scottsboro Boys” Trial of 1931 to 1937. This trial accused twelve Negro men‚ which Tom Robinson represents in the book‚ of raping a woman that is considered white trash [Mayella Ewell]. At the beginning of the novel‚ Harper Lee introduces a white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is all about equality and angel-like moral
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prosecutor‚ before charges are placed‚ for review. After the suspect has been arrested he or she will be brought before a lower court for their initial appearance and/or a pretrial. Misdemeanor offenses are resolved with an immediate pretrial without a jury or by entering a plea of guilty. In felony cases‚ a hearing will be held
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killed Lunsford. His confession was thrown out by the judge because the police had made an error by not having a lawyer present during his confession although the psychologist testified that Couey showed signs of mental illness and retardation. The jury that convicted him convened again the trial sentencing phase recommended that he be put to death a recommended by Judge Richard Howard for his part. The First Appearance After the arrest most defendants don’t come in contact with an officer of
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STRUCTURE OF THE COURT SYSTEM – FEDERAL/STATE Federal The federal court system was created pursuant to the us constitution The us constitution is the highest law of the land There are three levels to the federal court system Us district courts-jury Us courts of appeals 3 judge panel Us supreme court 9 justices Federal are appointed- state are elected Writ of certiorari ( the justices decide to take the case) STATE Trial court-1 judge Appellate court- 4 judges State Supreme Court 5 or
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convincing her that he was going to kill himself. However‚ he was charged with murder. The jury was directed by the judge to acquit the defendant if there was reasonable doubt in their mine and they were directed to convict if they had no doubt if the defendant had killed intentionally. The judge directed the jury correctly but however‚ the jury was unable to agree on it. However‚ in the trial‚ the jury was wrongly directed when it was told that in a case where murder has already been proven
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to reach (e.g. majority‚ consensus‚ authoritarian‚ etc.) * When the 12 person jury meets in the room to vote on a guilty or non-guilty verdict‚ the method used to vote was 1st based on a majority decision-making process where those would raise their hands for guilty and a non-guilty verdict. Once the results were in and 11 voted guilty and 1 voting not guilty. Based on the movie‚ 11 members of the jury voted guilty while 1 juror voted non-guilty. The 1 non-guilty‚ disrupted the dynamics of
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continues‚ all twelve jurors slowly arrive in the room. They take a seat according to their jury numbers and begin to discuss the case. The foreman then reviews the case. You learn that the man is accused of killing his father and all jurors must vote guilty or not guilty for there to be a verdict. As the movie continues‚ all twelve jurors slowly arrive in the room. They take a seat according to their jury numbers and begin to discuss the case. The foreman then reviews the case. You learn that the
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