that the judicial branch have effective judges for everything to work properly. Judges have immense responsibility. In criminal trials, they are responsible for making sure that the lawyers follow all of the rules of evidence, and insuring that defendants get every right afforded to them. They make sure that everything is fair, and that the jury is given adequate information to decide the factual guilt or innocence of a party. In civil trials, judges must decide hard cases. In other words
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Judges Our system of government is a system that relies on balance in order to prevent a concentration of power and is arguably the most powerful. With its ability to declare both executive and legislative actions unconstitutionally, the judicial branch has a lot of space in determining the final say on whether or not our country can or cannot do a particular thing. This power requires that the judicial branch has effective
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Any changes to make in the Justice is left to Parliament. Disclaimer of court for judges, law obligations will be passed on to the Parliament because the foundations of law which should be respected not only by humans but also in judiciary. Judges should not only guided by what they think about a particular case or evidence but must be based on the law which is there to refer to and obey. For the judges it was that more convenient if the proceedings as they see it is only fair and appropriate, not
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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 team of DLS assessed
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from the Common Pleas, Domestic Relations, and Municipal courts were submitted for review. This review complied information from 38 judges who had a total of 182,908 cases presented to them over a three year period. This review showed the number of cases that were disposed, appealed, and their verdicts reversed. The review was to assist in determining which judges have a greater proficiency trying cases and their verdicts stand as rendered rather than the verdicts being appealed or reversed. Each
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When it comes to crime, we as a country pride ourselves on the fact that we always try to give every person, citizen or noncitizen a fair trial and their due process under the law. Our country was built on these ideals and we try to do everything that we can to preserve that. However, when we give so much discretional power to police and others in the justice system without enforcing the limits, we are asking for trouble. Everyone makes mistakes in their lifetime, it’s just a natural part of being
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Hamilton County Judges Effectiveness Study Prepared by Team 32 Prepared for Dr. Norman Lewis BA 2300 Statistics 1 This study is designed to provide the efficiency status of 38 Hamilton County Judges. The study looked at the number of cases disposed, appealed and reversed. The information gathered is from data for the Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court and Municipal Court. Two of the judges, Patrick Dinkelacker and Timothy Hogan served in two different courts during the three year
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Constitution. "Appointment of judges is just a trifling part of independence of judiciary but the major part comes into function after the appointment. Also, independence of judiciary should not be taken in comparison with the transfer of judges. There are many pillars of judicial independence and it is a far cry that every element of independence is equated with basic structure," AG contended. The AG claimed that there was no connection between appointment of judges with the basic structure of
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Judges: The book of Judges was written between 1050 and 1000 BC and even though the author is thought to be unknown, Samuel could have possibly been the creator. The book of Judges spanned over a period of roughly 325 years and it described a very dark time in the history of Israel. The first civil war for Israel was also documented in this book. Judges was written from a prophetic view point for the people of Israel and the main lesson was to teach them that God will judge and punish all sin as
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Appointment and Lifetime Tenure of Judges Diminish the Rights of the People Since the United States Democracy was first established, legislators and constituents have asked the question, “Should judges be appointed or elected?” Many state legislatures have argued that judges should be elected by the people because they make decisions that directly affect the people. On the other hand, the United States Constitution states that all federal judges shall be appointed to the bench and have lifetime
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