Courtroom Participants Team B: Sheena McCall, Idalia Gill, Neil Gabe, Billie Adams, and Dannielle Rea CJA/224 October 31, 2011 Austin Dunham Weidner Courtroom Participants In a United States courtroom, there are many participants who contribute to the goal of justice for all. The judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, defendant, victims, witnesses, jurors, bailiff, and court reporter are each participants in the courtroom workgroup. Although every participant plays a different role in the process
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In the movie, 12 Angry Men, the concepts we learned throughout the duration of this course were apparent. Group dynamics is portrayed through jury deliberation in this film where twelve men are brought together to decide whether a boy is guilty of killing his father. From the personality conflicts to the decision making process, this film is filled with characteristics of group dynamics. Each juror brought something to the room, affecting the group’s decision. Right from the beginning of the movie
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their separate ways, back to their daily lives. Unfortunately, personal prejudices are weeded into the criminal justice system. Some prejudices found on a jury are in fact personal and affect how a person is charged and convicted of a crime. Prejudices affect how the defendant is perceived in terms of what, if any, charges are brought up. A jury, because of prejudice, in some cases are more likely to convict certain characterized groups. Sentencing also tends to be longer based on prejudices. Bigotry
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Revision of Manuscript # 17-02-88 Running head: ATTRACTIVENESS AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT Effects of Physical Attractiveness When Evaluating a Male Employee’s Allegation of Sexual Harassment by His Female Employer Karl L. Wuensch and Charles H. Moore East Carolina University Abstract College students (N = 324) served as mock jurors in a simulated civil case in which a male plaintiff accused a female defendant of sexual harassment. The physical attractiveness of the litigants was experimentally
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Civil Litigation Process Litigation is the process of bringing, maintaining and defending a lawsuit. This process is very difficult, time-consuming, and costly. In addition, the entire process must comply with complex rules and regulations. The pretrial litigation process is divided into a pretrial and trial process. The pretrial litigation process can also be divided into several major steps. These steps include: pleadings, discovery, dismissals and pretrial judgments, and settlement conference
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Jurisdictions and Statutes allow different states and judicial courts to take different actions against any lawsuits that may arise, whether on a personal or professional level. Each state has different laws that may prevent them from doing something that is allowed in another state. For example, the state of Montana highways do not have a speed limit, but they indicate that they must use their best judgment when driving and still be aware of safety measurements that still exist. In the state of
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“Persuasion—convincing strangers to consider new perspectives, new insights, new goals—is a fundamental, challenging task of leadership because it requires a deep investment of personal character, mental stamina, and a capacity for emotional insight perfectly balanced with the ability to reason. Logic and abundant feeling combine to persuade. “What’s tricky about persuasion—and it’s this point that 12 Angry Men clarifies so thrillingly—is discerning the difference between getting others to think
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4. Introducing A.D.R. in Bangladesh Justice Mustafa Kamal Former Chief Justice Supreme Court of BangladeshWHY A.D.R?The Vagaries of Civil LitigationA. D. R. means Alternative Dispute Resolution, mostly applied to civil cases. When a civil case is instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction, the scenario usually is, that a long time is taken to serve the process, the defendants beat the law and submit their written statement/s after a long delay beyond the permissible statutory period of two
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Court of Star Chamber – A royal law court that could be used by the King’s subject to get justice. An Ancient high court of England, controlled by the monarch, which was abolished in 1641 by Parliament for abuses of power. Wolsey was the head of the Star Chamber Origin of Star Chamber * The court took its name from the "Star Chamber" or "Starred Chamber" which was built during the reign of King Edward II specifically for the meetings of the King's Council. * The room at the royal palace
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Plato’s Apology, is by far one of the most logical yet critical thinking text that I have ever read. Plato describes Socrates, the accused atheist and corrupter of youth in ancient Athens, as a true beacon of ethics and morality. The method that Plato uses to depict Socrates on trial gives us a look back on how the trial of a man who encourages one of sound mind to ask questions even to those who are deemed wise in the eyes of others. Despite facing odds that are stacked highly against him, and this
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