LAWS1021 – CRIME – Week 3 Class 1 1. introduction 2. Ubiquity of discretion 3. Regulating discretion 4. Prosecutorial discretion 5. The Chaser case 6. Two tiers of justice 7. Magistrates and Local Courts 8. Supreme and District Courts 9. High Court appeals 10. Crown appeals ------------------------------------------------- From Last Class * Jurisdiction * Notion of how it is risen and how it is imposed * In 1788, assumed, put
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known as a shady and unreliable source. Little brought this to the attention of defense attorneys Mark Rabil and Larry Gordon. The defense argued their case to the court, but it did not help. On August 10, 1984 Darryl Hunt was convicted by an all-white jury and sentence to life in prison. In 1990 six years later, the court gave Darryl a new trial based on new evidence. Hunt was released on $50,000 bond, and represented by a new defense James Ferguson. Prosecutors Dean Bowman and Jimmy Yates offered a
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Search Patterns When a crime has been committed and investigators need to search for evidence, there are different search patterns that investigators can choose from. These search patterns include spiral, line, zone, and grid (Siegel & Mirakovits, 2013). Depending on the crime scene, the investigator will choose from one of these search patterns that will best utilize the search for evidence. When an investigating team needs to search for evidence in a field where the field is overgrown
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her child. The State of Alabama filed suit on behalf of the Mother. At petitioner’s paternity and child support trial, respondent State removed male jurors by using 9 out of 10 of its peremptory challenges. The trial court empanelled an all-female jury and found petitioner to be the father of the child in question and ordered him to pay child support. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. In the Language of the Court The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
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State of Texas VS. Eddie Ray Routh Kaplan University Brandi Allen PA260: Criminal Law Prof: Monique Chiacchia March 10, 2015 * Brief summary of the facts – On February 2, 2013 in Erath county Texas Eddie Ray Routh shot and killed former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. Kyle and Littlefield had taken Routh to an Erath county gun range to help him cope through some PTSD issues, and to show Routh support. Routh’s mother had requested Kyle spend some time with her son, so at the urging
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Discuss the performance of two actors in any live production that you have seen. You should also compare these with the performances of two actors from another live production you have seen. In your answer you should include; • Names of productions, dates viewed, venues • Actors’ interpretations of roles • Acting styles • Vocal characterisation • Physical characterisation • Interaction of characters • Personal reaction • Audience responses • Critical opinions • Comparison with other performances
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The American Realist movement grew during the 1930s from the philosophical views associated with James and Dewey. Both rejected ‘closed systems, pretended absolutes and origins’ and turned towards ‘facts, actions and powers’. The realists studied law on the basis of rejection of ‘myths and preconceived notions’ and on the acceptance of recording accurately things as they are, as contrasted with things as they ought to be. A true science of law demands a study of law in action. ‘Law is as law does’
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Caylee’s Law Abstract This report is written as a case study to inform the reader of Caylee’s Law. This law was writing up after a high profile case of a Florida women and the disappearance and murder of her daughter. Casey Anthony gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Caylee Marie Anthony in 2005. Caylee was only two years old at the time of her disappearance and the last person to see her alive was her mother. It wasn’t until a month later that the grandmother, Cindy, informed the police
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SOC 205 Week 11 Exam 4 Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/soc-205-week-11-exam-4/ • Question 3 3 out of 3 points Of all of the strategies judges can use when they dislike a higher court's policy decision, ____ is used the most rarely. • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not considered to be a technique or strategy that the justices use in their efforts to maximize their impact on the Court? • Question 5 3 out of 3
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1) Can she ask the court to order the parties to mediation if Jack refuses to go? If so, under what circumstances will the court do so? Yes, Jill can because the only way that Jack wouldn’t have to attend is if he is authorized by the court or the mediator to attend the mediation by telephone. But other than that he would have to attend the mediation he wouldn’t be able to just ignore it. Stated in M. D. Fla. L.B.R. 9019-2 it says that “(k) Participation of Parties at Mediation . --All parties
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