country has been dealing with for a very long time, since the first juvenile court in 1899. There is something that goes along with juvenile justice and that is dissenting justices. What that means is an opinion in a legal case written by one or more judges expressing disagreement. Before the first juvenile court, a juvenile delinquency had to be processed through the adult justice system. This system gave youths much more harsh penalties. Separate juvenile courts started appearing in every state by
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believes that they have a lock tight case, he or she may request a warrant bases off probable cause. The federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government will bring the affidavit or evidence before a magistrate judge with authority in the district. The judge may
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Week 1 Assignment State Court System Trial Courts Trial Courts are also called "Superior Courts." There are 58 Trial Courts--one in each county. In the Trial Courts, a judge, and sometimes a jury, hears testimony and evidence and decides a case by applying the law to the facts of the case. Superior Courts handle: * All criminal cases (felonies, misdemeanors, and traffic tickets) * All civil cases (family law, probate, juvenile, and other civil cases) * Appeals of small claims
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charged as harshly as they should be. Plea bargaining is a very common thing used within the courthouse and even though it can be good for an individual it can also be bad if not completely understood. The thing with a plea bargain is that at any time a judge can overthrow a bargain and still send the case through strenuous court hours. Plea bargaining is however very important because over ninety percent of all criminal cases are built and completed due to plea bargaining. Plea bargaining can be defined
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The Role and Functions of Law Josephine Butrica University of Phoenix Ethical and Legal Topics in Business Tonia Cutchin February 15, 2016 When you think of the word Law you should think of Rules. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Law). The whole system or set of rules made by the government of a town, state, country, etc. Laws are made to protect the masses; this can be you personally, a corporation or society itself. Companies and Business's need to be protected or held to the standard
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court judges decided to allow trials to be televised in Miami. Those debates never ended because of different judges all over the world having different opinions. Personally speaking, cameras should be allowed in courtrooms so that criminal trials can be televised, to make it clear to people what circumstances they would face if they were to do anything illegal. In every country in the world laws are made in the parliament by the government in regards to the opinions of higher court judges. Many
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interest is seeking the damages that Eli Realty Trust has done to our company over the past couple of months. Theirs: They want to keep an honorable client in the space they are renting without disturbing the relationship. Others: The Superior Court Judge does not want to see this come to court because if it does, he believes it will get ugly. Options The damages that we have estimated are $600,000. This is a negotiation, so there is a good chance we will not be able to get the full damages we
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The rule of Law establishes the way Australia is governed. The law should be applied to all people equally and fairly, no matter what race, gender or age. Within Australia people have the right to a fair trial and are judged by their peers. They also have the right to be told what the law means so that it is certain and clear for all people equally no matter their cultural background, religious or economic status. In Australia the rule of law allows all people to have independent legal advice and
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accused of assaulting another woman. When she failed to respond to the subpoena and did not appear at trial[1], St. Mary’s Circuit Court Judge C. Clarke Raley issued an order for her arrest. She was picked up by patrol officers on New Year’s Eve, and appeared before a different judge, who subsequently released her on her own recognizance. On January 9, 2008, Judge Raley issued another order, this time finding her in direct criminal contempt for her previous failure to appear as a witness, and summarily
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times they may receive a plea bargain for a much lesser sentence or punishment. This to me is just plain wrong, if there is a law that governs a certain action, a specific and certain punishment should follow. There is not enough power in the hands of judges when it comes to sentencing, this often results in prosecutors bullying defendants into pleading guilty to crimes that they did not do or do not deserve to be punished that harshly for. The text tells us that many people and groups have different
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