Chapter 11 Fill in the Blank 1. If the prosecutor files charges which are discriminatory in nature‚ the prosecutor has violated the _________Fourteenth___________ Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. 2. According to the Supreme Court‚ prosecutors have enormous _____Discretion___ in determining what charges to file. 3. _____Vindictive________ prosecution is a prosecutor’s charging decision being improperly motivated by revenge. 4. Prosecutors have __Restrictions_____ from lawsuits arising
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Prosecutors and judges have many duties and roles. What do you believe is the most important prosecutorial role? What is the most important judicial role? Who do you think is more influential—the prosecutor or the judge? Provide rationale for your position. A prosecutor has many duties but the main goal is being the “people of the state”; ensuring the crime fits and is carried out against the suspected criminal. Prosecutors makes recommendations about sentencing‚ engaging in selecting jurors
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adversarial system of the United States of America between prosecutors and attorneys. In a logical sense‚ both roles and responsibilities are somewhat similar but contrasting. A prosecutor’s primary role is that of a minister of justice‚ and not simply that of an advocate in guarding the rights of the accused as well as enforcing the rights of the public (Tragos‚ n.d.). Of course‚ as a minister of justice and not that of an advocate‚ a prosecutor possesses the power of operating with few legal constraints
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My Cousin Vinny is a hilarious rendition of the American criminal justice system. It taps into various elements of the system as a whole. Most people probably never realize the formality that goes into actually being convicted of a crime. My Cousin Vinny explores many of the steps such as pretrial stages‚ key actors in the court process‚ and the criminal trial. There are some difference and similarities between what the movie portrayed and the actual criminal justice process which will be explored
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university of phoenix | Prosecution Versus Defense | CJS/220 | | | 2/9/2011 | | | Prosecution versus Defense The role of defense attorneys and prosecutors are both similar yet different in a few ways. For starters‚ they are both attorneys with different goals and responsibilities. The prosecutor’s goal and commitment is to society as a whole even though he or she may indeed be representing a person. His or her goal is to prove the accused to be guilty and seek punishment
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it would seem that innocent people would not willingly imprison themselves‚ data shows otherwise. These reasons are why plea bargaining has a negative impact and should be changed. Please bargaining is the “the process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to
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case‚ there could be legitimate evidence that may be presented in court. What ethical issues are directly related to the prosecutor? A prosecutor has the obligation to ensure that justice is done even if it means losing his case. He must provide disclosures including exculpatory evidence to the defendant and probably one of the most difficult ethical issue a prosecutor has to face would be‚ to not exaggerate or manipulate information that "could" be made to make the person sound more guilty
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Communication in the courtroom Peggy S. Torres Western International University CRB-360-3722-Communication Criminal Justice-03/2010 Professor Raymond November April 5‚ 2010 Communication in the courtroom Introduction Communication influences the way people perceive one another and how facts are interpreted. Information given and received is dependant on how successful the communication is conveyed. Communication in a courtroom involves several participants‚ similar to a theatrical
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Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________ ID: A 1306 Unit Exam 2 Ch 5 6 7 8 and 9 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Prosecutors do have discretion as to which suspects to charge with an offense but under a great deal of judicial oversight. ____ 2. For defense attorneys a “successful” case often means a reduction in sentence via a plea bargain‚ not necessarily an acquittal. ____ 3. A judge may decide that
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According to Cornell University Law School" (2010)‚ “plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors where defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors” (para. 1). Plea bargains allows for prosecutors and judges to focus their time on more important cases. The way plea-bargains work with prosecutors is reducing or dismissing certain crimes committed by the defendant. The defendants part in a plea bargain
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