one) it ranges up to about 13 days in jail. * Misdemeanors (strike two) are punishable up to a maximum of 1 year in jail. * Felony (strike 3) is punishable by any state prison sentence of more than just 1 year. The Fourth Amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their person, house, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search and seizure, shall not be violated, and no warrant’s shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported, by oath or affirmation and particularly describing
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What is the importance of the United States Supreme Court in American Government? The United States Supreme Court in American is the highest judicial body. The United States is form by 9 judges. It is only the Constitutional stipulate the Court. The Supreme Court also has judicial review. There is a landmark Supreme Court case below. (Information is from Wikipedia) Gideon v. Wainwright, it was occur in 1963, is a landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In this case, the Supreme Court
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is illegal for law enforcement personnel and court officials to release the names of juveniles to the media. Juvenile courts rarely involve a jury. Juveniles have no constitutional right to a jury, which is to reinforce the nature
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we use laws and regulations to protect the rights of the people. As stated on the NOLO law website, “in a serious dispute with someone, you may consider filing a lawsuit to get it resolved. But that's a big step, and before you take it you'll need to know whether your case is worth suing over, how and where you would file the paperwork and what is involved in pursuing a case (2011)”. It is during this time of agitation that the benefits provided by counsel could help a victim to decide whether to take
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serious step in the process of justice. Most arrests are made peacefully, but if a suspect tries to resist, a police officer may need to use force. During arrest and before questioning defendants are advised to the constitutional rights, also known as their Miranda rights. The criminal justice procedure begins with arrest, followed by the booking of suspects, arraignment, preliminary hearing, grand jury trial, pretrial hearings, the criminal trial, followed by sentencing. In this paper, I am also
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Caulfield The Criminal Justice system today is our scale of judgment. It plays a major part in how we live and how we continue to live among all the dangers, evil and corruption that surrounds us. Without it there wouldn`t be the fine line of right and wrong, there wouldn`t be justice. Those that are considered victims in our criminal justice would turn and become the aggressors and the criminals if we didn`t have a Legal System, and we would live in a world of chaos. Many individuals each have
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violate that defendant’s due process rights? Under the circumstances of this case, did limitations on new proceedings as to punishment only violate defendant’s due process rights? Holding The Supreme Court held that, in general, withholding evidence favorable to the defendant as to either guilt or punishment violates a defendant’s due process rights irrespective of the intentions of prosecutors. But for the purposes of this case, no, the defendant’s due process rights were not violated when his new
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Introduction There are over 45,000 Soldiers that are assigned to Fort Hood, Texas and over 5,000 federal employees and contractors that work on the installation. The Civilian Personnel Advisory Center (CPAC) provides information about employment opportunities, special employment programs such as the program for individuals with disabilities and the Veterans Readjustment Appointment Program. CPAC also functions as the Human Resource Department for the Fort Hood Community that provides a Labor Relations
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help with my research, and then I will describe the fictional portrayals of the court room, including the trial process, the roles of the prosecution and defense, the roles of the court room participants and the handling or implementation of rights for the defendant and the victim. Then, draw parallels between the fictional portrayal and the reality of the court room within above identified aspects. I will then determine the accuracy of the fictional court room process as compared
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According to Fernando Aguirre, a former Chiquita CEO, “These lands were lands where there was no law. It was impossible for the government to protect Chiquita employees.” The AUC was created in 1997 as an umbrella organization of regional far-right paramilitary groups in Colombia, each intending to protect different local economic, social, and political interests by fighting insurgents in their area. They were estimated to have more than
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