In Chapter 3, The Color of Justice, Michelle Alexander revealed many cases that opened my eyes about our court system. I’ve always believed that court system was always fair however, that’s not the case in this chapter. One significant quote that stood out to me was the conviction of Edward Clary. A case in which crack cocaine sentencing was 100 times more severe than an offense that involved powder cocaine. In page 112, Alexander states,” A conviction for the sale of five hundred grams of powder
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other government websites, making this the first Philippine hacking case to have ended in a conviction, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said. According to Criminal Case No. 419672-CR filed at Branch 14 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila under Judge Rosalyn Mislos-Loja, a copy which was shown to INQ7.net, Giner was sentenced to one to two years of imprisonment and will pay a fine of 100,000 pesos. However, Giner immediately applied for probation, which was eventually granted by the court during
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court. Ron Cooper claims, “Even if judges wanted to speed up the trial process, they often don’t have the power to do so. Trials are usually delayed because of a number of things allowed during the pretrial phase such as hearings, continuances, motions, and discovery. Lawyers and the parties to the trial are the cause for these delays. Another factor that has to be taken into account when talking about undue trial delay, especially in Virginia, is lack of judges.” (Cooper,
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defines the area of law entitled family law; what it means and does along with a problem area in which I am here to provide a solution to. The problem area within family is that of the child custody and support; judges do not look out for the best interest of the children. My solution is that judges need to be more managed by the Supreme Court, rotated or moved in and out of the job every two years or removed from the position altogether. Family Law Family law is a very complex and diverse legal part
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counsel must ensure that the prosecutor is adhering to the professional requirement not merely to convict, but to do justice and comply with the prosecutors obligations to the public. The most difficult of jobs for the defense counsel is to remind the judge of constitutional mandate as well as the professional obligation to protect the rights of the defendant rather than treat him as a docket number to be quickly processed and sent to jail. Prosecutorial discretion means discretionary powers exercised
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Moreover, Mumia he was not able to select representation for his trial this caused for Mumia rights to be denied .This shows that he was not allowed to have self-defense. This affected his case because he was not able to speak out about the reality of the case. Second, his experience with Black Panther organization has shaped his trial by showing that he was involved with a violent organization. This affected the court decision because they looked at Mamia as a threat because he was associated with
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modern and was favored in southern Europe. Civil law was used in the King’s council when it acted as a court of law. As Lord Chancellor Wolsey had oversight over the legal system in England. The law awakened Wolsey’s intellectual interest. He was a judge in the Chancery Court and handled disputes over wills, contracts and property. He had successfully reformed the Star Chamber where he was determined to get rid of corruption. He made it much fairer, cheaper and more efficient and was not afraid to
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all over the world and the need to control this wild horse has sparked worldwide interest in reality based television shows that depict the inner workings of a convicts mind and how the hero police officers, detectives, crime scene investigators and judges outwit, catch and then prosecute these lawbreakers. This exciting new fad has people watching these half hour shows and believing that they are entirely accurate. There are some television shows that use a great deal of fact in the creation of the
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include but are not limited to the judge, prosecutor, defense attorney and jury. At the state level, both the judge and the prosecutor are elected officials. These individuals are elected for an eight year term by the majority vote of both houses in the General Assembly. For example in the case of Commonwealth of VA vs. George Huguely V, the presiding judge was Honorable Edward L. Hogshire, Judge and the Commonwealth’s Attorney was Warner D. Chapman. Federal judges such as the Supreme Court justices
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its people. This has reasons why Hamilton states that Judicial Branch is the least dangerous branch of government, because it carries out the decision of the president and the needs that the other two branches to use its power. As an example, when a judge breaks a law this enforces the Executive Branch to involve a law by uniting the other separate powers to work together. Some effects that the Judicial Branch is the least dangerous of all the three branches was created to separate and limit them over
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