process and reformation of criminal law. Since that time numerous researchers have methodically reviewed‚ dissected and reframed theory on judicial bias in relation to race and ethnicity in sentencing decisions. Empirical data demonstrates vast disparity and reveals a juxtaposition of conflicting theories pertaining to race‚ ethnicity‚ and sentencing outcomes. For many years‚ people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds have been over-represented throughout the criminal justice system. Walker
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Sentencing Proposal Learning Team A CJA / 354 May 3rd‚ 2015 Paul Croushore My team and I believe there was a crime committed and at some point the defendant was in the victims home and stole some of her property. There was a fight or struggle of some sort because the victim has the defendants skin under her fingernails. Drugs were found in both party’s apartments‚ blood stained the carpet and rope was discovered in the victims’ apartment‚ which was used to tie the victim up at some point
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Griffith College Cork Faculty of Business Course: HCB 2/ BABO 2/ BAMO 2 Subject: Legal Aspects of Business Student No.: 2826955 by A.J Shittu 18th April 2013 Table of Contents Introduction Issue Law Application Conclusion Introduction In the brief outlined in the assignment format‚ Stephen paid for a big burger meal for himself and for his girlfriend Sarah at the Mcdonoghue’s bar/restaurant
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Critical Legal Issues in Criminal Justice CJ500 Unit 9 Project Brenda Colbert September 26‚ 2011 When it comes to the criminal process‚ it typically ends when a defendant is found not guilty. However‚ in retrospect‚ it does not end whenever a defendant is found guilty‚ and that is for three primary reasons: 1) the accused must be sentenced; 2) the accused can and often does appeal their conviction; and 3) in the event that the accused’s appeal fails to succeed‚ the U.S. Constitution provides
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Foundations of Nursing Legal Aspects 1. What is the Nurse Practice Act and what does it meant to you as an incoming nursing student and later as a licensed Registered Nurse? The nurse practice act defines and describes the scope of nursing practice in each state which is determined by the board of nursing. It is important as a student because it defines what is in our scope of practice‚ what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. It is also important as a licensed registered nurse because
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Legal Aspects of a Business Subjecc: Princples of Business Introduction When starting up a new business it is very important to look at the legal aspects which will influence the company in the future. In this part of the information file there will be the most important legal aspects for running a student company. First there is the selection of business form‚ in which there will be a compairison between the different possible forms. Afterwards a
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Sometimes mandatory minimum sentences are the consequences of good intentions‚ but good intentions do not always make beneficial policy in society. One of the famous senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United have said the truth of federal mandatory sentencing‚ in which I used this quotation to relate to the topic that I’m about to discuss. “The Federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines‚ I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom
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convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least a minimum number of years in prison. The most famous example of mandatory sentencing is the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ policy adopted first in California in 1994‚ and now more widespread in the USA. "Three strikes" laws require life imprisonment for a third criminal conviction‚ but other forms of mandatory sentencing are now being discussed and implemented in various countries. The British Home Secretary Michael Howard implemented a three strike
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THE SENTENCING PROCESS * The hearing Once the jury has determined the guilt of an offender‚ the jurors are dismissed and their role in the trial is over. It is now time for the second stage of the trial in which the judicial officer of the court-judge or justice-will determine the sentence imposed. The trial judge will look at many factors when determining a sentence. These factors include; the defendant’s state of mind‚ his or her criminal record-if any; and addiction the defendant may have
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Open-ended sentencing doesn’t state a definitive period of time that the offender will serve but rather a range whereby the convicted criminal may be eligible to leave depending on the states discretionary perception of rehabilitative potential‚ a punishment reserved for ‘dangerous prisoners’ (Human Rights Law Centre 2012). This continuous judgement is assessed by state parole boards whereby the inmates conduct is evaluated in order to determine their release back into the community as jail terms
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