Villarreal Date: October 17, 2012 Subject: Case #2, Hamilton County Judges Introduction In an effort to better evaluate the performances of the judges of Hamilton County, the Cincinnati Enquirer hired the firm of DLS to investigate the courts. DLS examined all cases disposed, appealed, and reversed in Common Pleas, Domestic Relations, and Municipal Courts over a three year period. The data provided to the investigators consisted of 182,908 cases handled (disposed) by 38 judges. The investigating
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determine whether or not a case will be tried in court or released based on the evidence. Most cases will have the defendant plead guilty. The guilty plea is given in exchange for a lighter sentence, in most cases. The prosecutor goes over the evidence and questions the arresting officer to make sure the story is legitimate and that there are no loopholes in the story. The prosecutor decides what to charge the suspect with. The prosecutor establishes a prima facie case or the case is dismissed (Zalman
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with all the different ways that we have to receive information via the newspaper, or TV news, should we also allow cameras onto our courtrooms? There have been several debates on whether or not cameras should be permitted in the courtroom during court proceedings even though the media feels that they have the right to inform the public about how the justice system works, while some feels that it is more for entertainment, and others feel that it is just an invasion of privacy on the part of the
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I. Style of Case and Citation: Waters v Min Ltd 587 N.E.2d 231 (Mass.1992) II. Court Rendering Final Decision: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts III. Identification of Parties and Procedural Details Gail A.Waters Plaintiff, Thomas Beacuchemin., Defendant. IV. Discussion of the Facts: Gail Waters (plaintiff) owned an annuity contract worth $189,000, with a total potential value of $694,000 over 25 years. When Waters was 21, she began dating Thomas Beauchemin (defendant), who had
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Criminal Courts System Jennifer Morris Instructor Beverlyn Jackson Student APPEALS PROCESS Within our courts system each person that is brought before a judge or a jury has the right to make an appeal for any sentence that has been given and the defendant does not agree with. An appeal is a proceeding in which a case is brought before a higher court after receiving a sentence from a lower court. This is done with the hope of showing the higher court the decision made in the lower court was wrong
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attorneys, defense attorneys, public defenders, and other professionals. The outsiders include defendants, witnesses, jurors, and victims. All of these people have to work together to make the court room operate in a smooth, fluid manner in order to accomplish a common goal. If you think about it, the court room work group should operate like body, where all of the nerves have to work together and communicate to function properly. The judge is the brain and controls how the rest of the body will
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Doherty, A. Rinaldis Counsel for Mr. Brownell: C.R. Purves, B.L. Hickford, J. Mills Brief Summary of Trail This trail took place in Courtroom 20 in the B.C. Supreme Court where every visitor was required to pass through a security check. The case involves three homicides done 5 years ago by five members of an alleged Vernon, B.C. drug gang dubbed The Greeks (Organized crime group). The alleged gangsters are being represented by 15 lawyers, 5 more than the
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Jharkhand- Case Analysis With Reference to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 Submitted by KARANBIR SINGH THIND PRN No. 11010224027 Division ‘A’ Roll No. 26 BBA. LL.B. of Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA Symbiosis International University, PUNE In March, 2013 Under the guidance of Prof. Girjesh Shukla And Prof. Vikram Singh Law of Crimes-I Symbiosis Law School Noida, 201301 Certificate The project entitled “Dr. Jagannath Mishra v. State of Jharkhand (2002) CriLJ 4646- Case Analysis
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But realities in jails transmit an entirely different tune. Let us briefly examine the realities inside any prison. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS FACED BY UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS AND THEIR REASONS – Their Right to Speedy Trial as recognised by the Supreme Court in Hussainara Khatoon [I] vs. Home Secretary, Bihar7 is violated due to protracted delays. This delay is due to all kinds of reasons such as – * Systemic delays. * Grossly inadequate number of judges8 and prosecutors. * Absence
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INTRODUCTION The courts are the means through which substantive justice is administered. They have the duty to enforce and interpret the law that is enacted by the parliament. In doing so, the courts have a duty to ensure that justice is administered within the quickest possible time to the satisfaction of the parties. In order to achieve this, the courts must pay less attention to the procedural technicalities at the expense of substantive justice. The objective of this legal paper is to discuss
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