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Mental Illness Mens Rea
1,644 wordsThe insanity defense is a defense that is used in the courts to say the defendant was not aware of what they were doing at the time of the crime. The terms of such a defense are to be found in the instructions presented by the trial judge to the jury at the close of a case. These instructions can be drawn from any of several rules used in the determination of mental illness. The final determination of mental illness rests solely on the jury who uses information drawn from the testimony of "exper...
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Ann Hopkins Case Analysis
2,330 wordsAnn Hopkins worked as a senior manager for the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse for four years, Hopkins became a candidate for partnership in 1984. After being denied partnership, she filed suit against Price Waterhouse charging that the firm had discriminated against her on the basis of sex by allowing gender stereotypes to heavily influence the firm's employment practices. During her employment with Price Waterhouse, Hopkins proved herself a hard-working, dedicated employee. In the year of ...
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Search And Seizure Probable Cause
1,237 words... that are in plain view. This exception generally applies only to a fleeing felon. If the police are pursuing a suspect for a misdemeanor or a non-jail able offense, or other minor infraction, hot pursuit will ordinarily not apply. The sixth warrantless search is Search Incident to Arrest. When a person is placed under arrest, the police may search the person and the immediate surroundings for weapons that might be used to harm the officer. If the person is taken to jail, the police may searc...
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Criminal Justice System Mental Health Professionals
1,738 wordsAn American football hero racing on the freeway in a white Ford Bronco, finally stopping in front of his luxurious home. Six years or more ago this scenario would have sounded like a clever advertisement campaign. Replay the same scenario from 1994 forward and almost all Americans will vividly recall the death of Nicole Simpson and her ex-husband (0. J. Simpson) fleeing the police with a gun to his head. This single event thrust the serious and deadly topic of domestic violence awareness into th...
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Role In Society Men And Women
840 wordsCrime and Gender: Does the punishment fit? Before the jury stands the defendant. There is overwhelming evidence in the favor of the prosecution. The verdict comes back from the jury, not guilty. Why? The defendant is a woman. In our era of equal rights and civil liberties women have made great strides in their advancement and role in society, yet it seems that gender segregates when it comes to crime. There have been countless cases where women and men have been tried for the same crime, yet whe...
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Death Penalty Information Center Form Of Punishment
844 wordsThe death penalty is the most inhumane, cruel and degrading form of punishment. The effectiveness of the death penalty has never been proven to be a deterrence of crime then any other form of punishment. Execution is irreversible and can be inflicted on the innocent. The cost of one person on death row far exceeds that of a person in prison for life. Race is also a factor in sentencing a person to death. Lastly political influence is a factor in which a person lives or dies. Since the founding o...
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Dred Scott Negro Race
1,341 words... basement. It is therefore the duty of the court to decide whether the facts stated in the plea, are or are not sufficient to show that the plaintiff is not entitled to sue as a citizen in the court of the United States. The provisions of the Constitution of the United States in relation to the personal rights and privileges to which the citizens of a state should be entitled do not embrace the negro African race, at that time in this country, or who might afterwards be imported, who had then...
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Florida Supreme Court United States Supreme Court
2,008 wordsThe framers formed this country with one sole document, the Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. This bountiful wisdom arose from the unjust treatment of King George to which the colonists were subject. Among these violations of the colonists' rights were inequitable trials that made a mockery of justice. As a result, a fair trial of the accused was a right given to the citizens along with other equities that the framers instilled in every other facet of this country's...
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Imprisonment Without Parole Death Penalty
1,983 words... ury selections, and expenses for expert witnesses. And the pursuit by most death row prisoners to overturn their sentences through appeals are also very costly (Bedau 402). Steven Barkan, a criminal sociologist, argues that since the death sentences puts the prisoners life at stake, death penalty cases are especially complicated from pretrial motions through sentencing and appeals, with the state usually having to pay for all the costs. Barkan estimates that the cost of each death penalty ca...
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2 Nd Edition British Politics
1,318 words... cause they think that a jury is more likely to acquit them, 3 it delays the prison sentence or at least allows some of it to be served in more comfort while awaiting trail. Currently 80 % of either ways elect to be summarily tried by the magistrates. Of those who go to the crown court on 2 in 7 are the defendant elections the remaining five are directed there by the magistrates. The main compliant against loosing the right to elect which court the defendant is tried is that magistrates once ...
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Mp 3 Files State Of California
1,588 wordsThe trading of MP 3 's or digital music over the Internet is always going to be prevalent in music, and it is an unrealistic goal to try to control. The cost of controlling the piracy issues over the Internet would cost record companies more money than what they are losing due to MP 3 trading. The record industry is trying to fight the major sites and companies in court with copyright suits. Although downloading music over the Internet and playing it back on computer or portable digital music pl...
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Capital Punishment Of Juveniles
2,365 wordsCapital Punishment of Juveniles The death penalty has been an everyday occurrence in Western civilization for more than two thousand years. Not until two centuries ago, however, its use and abuse was seriously challenged in Italy, France, and England. Since then capital punishment has been a steady topic of debates in Europe as well as in the United States. The Eighth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution prohibits the imposition of "cruel and unusual punishment. " Either the imposition of a parti...
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Court Of Law Greater Value Plaintiff
246 wordsA Complete Case Analysis The situation described is a classic case of how plaintiff trying to break contract buyer beware case. Plaintiff did not read the contract, which specifically said of how much defendant would be held liable in case if passengers luggage, which doesnt have any additional insurance on it, gets lost due to negligence on the behalf of the defendant. Her argument was that she doesnt have to read every statement on the claim check, being too busy yet she assumed that railroad ...
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Second Degree Murder Insanity Defense
1,481 wordsInsanity Defense The insanity defense is primarily based on the concept of insanity, which shows the extent to which a person accused of a crime can avoid criminal responsibility due to mental disease. The terms for this type of defense can be found in special instructions given by the trial judge to the jury at the close of a certain case. These particular instructions can be potentially drawn from different rules and used in the determination of a degree of mental illness, which also influence...
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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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Law Enforcement Officer Plead Guilty
1,183 wordsThere are some 30, 374 lay magistrates in England and Wales, 15, 858 men and 14, 516 women, appointed by the Lord Chancellor or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the name of the Crown. Magistrates are ordinary members of the community who sit in the Magistrates Courts and who dispense justice at the lowest level of the English court system. They are unpaid for what they do and therefore are not servants of the Crown. This supports their position of impartiality between the Crown and t...
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Forensic Psychology Mental Hospitals
877 wordsForensic psychology is something that I have been interested in for quite some time; for an explanation of what forensic psychology is here is a broad explanation from Dr. Joseph Davis, Forensics literally translated from Latin means in the forum. A place to argue, to debate and to render an opinion regarding such facts. (Swenson) Our forum today is what we call the courtroom. The Trier of Fact is the Jury (they listen to the arguments in the forum and are given guidance about legal rules and pr...
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American Civil Liberties Racial Discrimination
951 wordsThe Warren Supreme Court and its Effects on African-American Civil Liberties The Sixties was a time of change in America, and the American public began to have more liberal views. When Earl Warren became Chief Justice of Supreme Court it made the most dramatic changes and held a far more liberal view than any other Supreme Court before. Some of its most profound rulings were on African-American civil liberties. The Supreme Court changed American law on segregation in schools and in public places...
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Reasonable Doubt Jury Selection
750 wordsOn the date of November 27, 2000, I visited the Hillsborough county Courthouse and witnessed the Thirteenth District Circuit Court of Florida in its proceedings. The case was the State of Florida v. Michael Canada and his honor that presided over the case was Judge William Fuente. The case was called at 10: 30 AM and opened with the Judge splitting the charges against the defendant. The defendant was charged with a count of second-degree possession of cannabis with intent to sell and second-degr...
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Duncan Murder Ladies And Gentlemen
801 wordsThis was an oral presentation, in which I prosecuted Macbeth. I received a grade of A-, however was told that it was my actual presentation rather than my essay that stopped me getting a higher grade Ladies and Gentlemen, I will be brief. You have heard the testimonies and seen the evidence; it is now time for the fate of Macbeth to be decided. Today you have met scores of witnesses testify, under oath, the defendant? s entirely good and honest character, and have pondered as to how the King of ...
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