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Self Defense In Criminal Cases
1,315 wordsOne of the frustrations faced by many businesses is that after the perpetrators of crimes have been identified, the District Attorney's office will not pursue the case. One option is for victims to sue the DA in an attempt to compel him to prosecute, but this would be costly and proving dereliction of duty would be difficult. The DA is effectively immune. Other options are more promising. The law should encourage (and prosecutors' offices should welcome) private preparation of criminal cases. Pr...
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980 words... even on inequality to function. Perhaps David Cole said it best, "Absent race and class disparities, the privileged among us could not enjoy as much constitutional protection of our liberties as we do" (5). The case of Gideon v. Wainwright can be used to illustrate this point. Cole summarizes the case: Clarence Earl Gideon, a penniless Florida man, down on his luck and charged with breaking and entering a poolroom, claims that although he cant afford a layer, he has a constitutional right to...
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Criminal Justice System Based On Race
1,739 wordsRace and its relation to crime is a very inflammatory issue in American politics today. In David Coles Book, No Equal Justice and Randall Kennedys book, Race, Crime, and Law the two authors try to respectively outline the problems of race as it relates to crime and offer some remedies to the problem. David Cole wrote, our criminal justice system affirmatively depends on inequality. Cole has substantial grounds for making this statement. Race and class have long been issues in the criminal justic...
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Codes Of Ethics Indigent Defense
2,627 wordsOne of the frustrations faced by many businesses is that after the perpetrators of crimes have been identified, the District Attorneys office will not pursue the case. One option is for victims to sue the DA in an attempt to compel him to prosecute, but this would be costly and proving dereliction of duty would be difficult. The DA is effectively immune. Other options are more promising. The law should encourage (and prosecutors offices should welcome) private preparation of criminal cases. Pros...
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Criminal Justice System Race And Class
984 wordslong live sport The Inequality of American Justice Essay written by N. LeVan David Cole wrote, our criminal justice system affirmatively depends on inequality (5). Cole has substantial grounds for making this statement. Race and class have long been issues in the criminal justice system, but does the system affirmatively depend on inequality? Does the criminal justice system depend on the disparities of the people that it serves? American justice is supposed to be blind. Despite this there have ...
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