Legal Institution and Methods: Criminal and Civil Court Structures and Legal Personnel This assignment contains ..............................words Introduction This assignment will discuss and compare the court structure‚ legal personnel and their functions and the type of cases that are brought before criminal and civil courts. Criminal courts The criminal court system has many levels of superiority (refer to diagram 1.1 in Appendices)
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his father’s death. An initial vote was cast‚ where eleven men voted guilty and one juror voted not guilty. Ultimately‚ the jury decided that he was not guilty after deliberations. The twelve-person jury must decide if the boy is guilty or is there reasonable doubt to believe that he is not guilty. The jury must vote on guilty or not guilty. If there are disagreements‚ the jury must debate until they reach to a consensus. Juror ten was a cold and racist man‚ who was vehemently against those who
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The Criminal Justice System: Unfair to Minorities and the Less Social Elite The criminal justice system of the United States is said to be a fair system. The system is not supposed to discriminate against different races‚ religious groups or social classes‚ everyone is supposed to get the same equal treatment. Unfortunately that’s not the case. Many different types of people including African American’s‚ Hispanics and the poor are getting unfair treatment in the criminal justice system. The
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Stages of a Criminal Trial Discussion Research the steps in a criminal trial‚ from jury selection to verdict. Step 1: Arraignment The first step in a criminal case is a court appearance called an arraignment‚ in which the charges against the defendant are read before a judge. At an arraignment‚ a lawyer is appointed if the defendant cannot afford one‚ and the defendant’s plea (guilty‚ not guilty‚ no contest) is entered. Bail may also be set at the arraignment. Step 2: Preliminary Hearing The arraignment
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Unit 9 Assignment LS 308 Law & Society July 15‚ 2014 There are many functions of any court system. The primary function of the criminal courts in society is to help keep domestic peace. Criminal court is one of the major components of the criminal justice system. When an arrest is made it is the judge and prosecutor who are in charge of deciding what punishment will be sufficient as well as if it is necessary to take the case to trial (Steven Barkan‚ Law and Society: An Introduction‚ 279-280
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R v Blaue Criminal Law 01: Actus Reus Facts The defendant inflicted serious stab wounds on the deceased who‚ knowing she would be likely to die as a result‚ refused a blood transfusion because she was a Jehovah’s Witness and accepting another’s blood was against her religion. The defendant claimed that her refusal to accept the blood transfusion broke the chain of causation between his conduct and her death. Extract There have been two cases in recent years which have some bearing
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where persons accused of violating criminal law come to have their criminal responsibility determined by juries or judges. The court system includes prosecution‚ defense lawyers‚ judges‚ and juries. Judges hear the cases and preside over the participants to make sure that all laws are followed while the cases are being tried. Some cases are tried in front of a judge only‚ while others have a jury of 12 citizens who determine the guilt or innocence of a defendant based on facts brought
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is something for which people over centuries have been willing to struggle and even die. Examples of Justice are novels 12 Angry Men and The Green Mile. 12 Angry Men is a novel written by Reginald Rose in 1955. The story takes place in 1957 in the jury-room of a New York Court of Law. It is about a young delinquent who is on trial for the murder of his aggressive farther. Eleven jurors are directed by the judge to gather on a hot afternoon to declare if there is any reasonable doubt as to why the
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only identified by a number with no evidence to suggest that they even know each other’s’ names. The jury however‚ is a cross-section of American society as it comprises of educated‚ old‚ working-class‚ business and even immigrant men. This is intended by the play as the value of each juror is as a social representation‚ not as individuals. The 8th Juror represents possible strengths of the jury system as an aspect of the legal system. This is demonstrated by his confidence and the fact that he does
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Nesbitt. During the testimony of Sawicki‚ the prosecutor asks him if Steve attended film club on the afternoon of December 22nd Sawicki responds with‚ “No‚ he did not”. Steve not going to film club on the day of the robbery brings up suspicion‚ the Jury can imply that he goes to film club all the time and he just “happened” to not be there on the day of the robbery. The Unknown is where was he‚ that is the Jury’s decision on where he “was”. While Steve was in his cell‚ in his journal he writes‚ ”I
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