Punishment and Sentencing Abstract In general, a juvenile cannot be tried in an adult court. All states have the ability to try juveniles in adult courts under certain conditions such as statutory exclusion, judicial waiver, and concurrent jurisdiction. In juvenile courts, a juvenile is entitled to Due Process Rights that include a transfer hearing before trial in adult court, notice of charges, and assistance of counsel, amongst others. However, juveniles are not entitled to a trial by jury
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in my day-to-day activities at work, because I am the Deputy Court Clerk and deals with a lot of parents, social worker, and counselor; so therefore I have to do a lot of communicated to inform each person about their cases. Not only do I deal with them, I also have to deal with a lot of Attorney’s and other Courts, so as you can see communication plays a big part in my day-to-day activities. By communicating with other’s about the cases that are present to Judge on a daily basic, help me to manage
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“The federal appeals court in St. Louis ruled yesterday that officials in Arkansas can force a prisoner on death row to take antipsychotic medication to make him sane enough to execute. Without drugs, the prisoner, Charles Laverne Singleton, could not be put to death under a United States Supreme court decision that prohibits the execution of the insane” (Liptak, p. 1). I agree with this ruling because “Mr. Singleton’s mental health began to deteriorate in 1987” (Liptak, p. 2) after his crime was
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convicted in a jury trial in the Circuit Court, Prince George County C. Phillip Nichols Jr. J of a first degree murder and sentence to life in prison. Appellant do not denied that he was involved in the murder; however, he did it as a self-defense not because it was a gang affiliation. Issue: Was the admissibility of gang evidence in the trial accurate? Holding: The Court of Special Appeals, Davis J. affirm the decision made by the Maryland State Court to found admissible the evidence of the
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by the Agent in Council who not only had vague and indefinite powers but who also hesitated to use what powers he had in serious criminal cases which were therefore referred to England. In Black Town, the British did not even initially attempt to administer justice. The allowed the traditional Choultry Courts to function without interference. In these courts, village headmen (known as Adigaars) acted as judges and tried minor civil and criminal offences.
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In his trial for felony murder, the defendant maintained his innocence and claimed that the victim choked to death. Although a non-testifying expert created an autopsy report, it was not introduced into evidence. The questions before this Court are (1) whether the testifying expert violated the Confrontation Clause when he (a) opined about the victim’s cause of death and (b) recited his stomach contents, and (2) if so, whether the violation harmed the defendant. BRIEF ANSWER Dr. Dyer’s independently-derived
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The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) The Runciman Commission happened in 1993 and recommended the establishment of an independent body to consider suspected miscarriages of justice as a result of a number of high profile cases that were involved in a miscarriage of justice. These high profile cases included Birmingham Six, The Guilford Four and Judith Ward. The government took these ideas into account and the Criminal Cases Review Commission was set up under the Criminal Appeal Act (1995)
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formal than court. Usually, an arbitration can be scheduled faster than a trial. Sometimes, if the parties want, arbitrators can decide things that judges are not allowed to decide. Arbitration is like a trial but less formal. In arbitration, two sides present their evidence to an arbitrator. The arbitrator decides who wins and who loses. An arbitrator does the job that a judge or jury would normally do in court. Why do cases go to arbitration? Who is an arbitrator? What kinds of cases go into
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| SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT [Constituent of SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SIU)] (Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, by notification No.F.9-12/2001 – U.3 of the Government of India) (Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade) ------------------------------------------------- Study of arbitration, dispute resolution and mitigation practices in Indian Infrastructure Sector MBA – Infrastructure Management Batch 2013-15 Semester III
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Journal of International Arbitration 23(1):95--]00,2006. © 2006 Kluwer Law International. Printed in The Netherlands. The Finnish Supreme Court and the Liability Of Arbitrators Gustaf MoLL1 R* I. INTRODUCTION On January 31, 2005, the Finnish Supreme Court gave its judgment in a case con¬cerning arbitrators' liability.; An arbitral award had been set aside as the chairman of the arbitral tribunal could have been challenged on grounds of which the parties, at whose request the award was set aside
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