Courtroom Participation Paper Courtroom Participation One of the core components to the criminal justice system is the judicial system. The judicial system consists of participants who have specialized roles that are associated with the courtroom. There are 10 basic roles that the participants play which include; judge, prosecutor, defense counsel, bailiff, court reporter, clerk of the court, witness, jury, defendant, and spectators. The judge has the ultimate
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Courtroom Discretion Q&A Response Misty Moore, Victoria Hardin and Elizabeth Ortiz CJA/224 September 19, 2011 Rick Rice Courtroom Discretion Q&A Response What is prosecutorial discretion? When a crime happens evidence is gathered, witnesses are found and a case file is established all the information. Due to an overabundance of case files, prosecutors review each file and which will be brought to trial. When there is enough evidence to convince the prosecutor the person suspected
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in the cases that they can hear. The United States has a dual court system in which the courts closely resemble and complement one another. The courts also have what is known as a courtroom work group that consists of the judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, baliff, clerk, and court reporters. The roles of the courtroom workgroup will be discussed at length this week. This Week in Relation to the Course This week, you explore what happens after arrest. All offenders must go through a series
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ASSIGNMENT 10% DUE: November 6th, 2013 (in class, hardcopy only) This assignment can be done in groups of not more than 3 (or individually). If you are working in a group please hand in one assignment only. You may work with students in another one of MY sections if you wish. PLEASE INDICATE THE NAMES OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS CLEARLY ON THE TITLE PAGE OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND SECTION NUMBERS FOR EACH GROUP MEMBER. LATE ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. Attend the trial of your choice (civil or criminal)
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initially mailed out two hundred (200) pink slips in July, representing 41% of it’s staff. Fortunately, austerity measures (such as extending mandatory furlough days, enforcing voluntary unpaid time off, reducing office hours, and closing civil courtrooms) and very aggressive negotiations with the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) resulted in an additional $7.5 million that was used to salvage one hundred thirty-three (133) careers. September 30, 2011 was a devastating day to these sixty-seven
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The Courtroom Work Group Alethea Drury CJA/204 Ron Alter March 3, 2014 The courtroom work group consists of two different categories, the professionals and the outsiders. The professional participants are the actors, who tend to be well versed in trial practice and bring the courtroom to life. So, who are the main participants in this group? They are judges, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, public defenders, and other professionals. The outsiders include defendants, witnesses,
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law and had minimum sentences that were unheard-of in that era. It also had a clause that prevented plea bargaining. Evaluations of the law found that there was no significant effect on crime or drug use and that it was often avoided by the courtroom work group. The law was eventually reformed (Walker, 2015, pp. 177-178). After the Rockefeller Drug Law, states started implementing three-strike laws. The first of these was in Washington in 1993. This was followed by California and Georgia in 1994.
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Court History and Purpose Leonard Navarro CJA/224 March 11, 2013 Greg Dorfman Court History and Purpose The American court system has become a strong organized machine. There are two types of court systems in the United States of America. The two court systems are the state courts and the federal courts. These two systems are known as the dual-court systems. The dual-court system is the result of an agreement that was made between our nation’s founders about the need for individual states
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Courtroom Participation Paper The courtroom assemblage consists of numerous participants, the prosecutor, defense attorney, defendant, judge, bailiff, witnesses, and the jury. Each of these participants plays a significant part in the criminal justice system court process. Prosecutorial “The prosecutor is an administrator of justice, an advocate, and an officer of the court; the prosecutor must exercise sound discretion in the performance of his or her functions. The duty of
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on the power dynamics between the majority white race and the foreign minorities. In fact, Wikipedia states, “In countries where there is more than one main language, there are often political implications in decisions that are seen to promote one group of speakers over another, and this is often referred to as language politics,” (Language Politics, Wikipedia). In other words, when immigrants migrate to America, a land considered to be of the free, they are often surprised to see that their differences
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