Compare And Contrast The Criminal Justice System

On March 2, 2016 I went to the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida- Felony Division Orange County Courthouse- Court room 9-A Subdivision 17-1 in Orlando, FL to view the stand on your ground hearing of Bruce D. Fuller vs. State of Florida (Case 48-2012-CF-16871-O-A). Fuller claims he shot “Furrukh Shan Alam” with a 9mm handgun out of self-defense during a fight in the morning of August 10, 2011. Walking into the courthouse everything was very formal. You go thru security and then up the elevator towards the courtroom. Before walking into the courtroom I could see policemen standing outside with some witnesses. The point of viewing this proceeding was to see how the criminal justice system actually works versus how it can be portrayed by the media.
The Criminal Justice System is a “group of different agencies and processes” started by the government that help control crime. If a crime is committed then penalties are given to those that don’t follow the rules. One important fact is that United States does not just have one single criminal justice system, they have many individual systems. Each different system has a jurisdiction that they are in charge of. It could either be city, county, state or federal. Depending on the jurisdiction, it could have different laws or rules on how they manage their criminal justice system. (Criminal)
Some of the main systems that this country has are either State or Federal. State handles crimes that are within the state, while Federal handles crimes that are committed federally meaning “more than one state” or on property that belongs to the federal government.
Key players in the Criminal Justice
The growth of television, computers, and film has increase covers on crime stories. For example, the O.J trial is still being talked about today. Many find watching cases like this alluring. The problem with this is that if these people were to become jurors the expectations vs the realities are completely different. Jurors tend to think that there should be DNA evidence for everything and at times this is not the case because of backlog. That is one reason why judges and lawyers should learn different methods on how to address juror’s expectations because majority of jurors come in with a preconceive notion that they know what the criminal justice system is and how much forensic science evidence they should be receiving. One way to respond to this situation is to actually find the evidence that these jurors want. Although this could be a difficult task, this would require an increase of law enforcement resources by equipping police officers and investigators with the newest forensic science equipment needed to find this evidence. In addition, this would also require an improvement in crime laboratories because if there is a higher demand for forensic analyses then a backlog problem should be solved.
The media shouldn’t be the only one blamed; society has a hand on how the criminal justice system is perceived also. Many rather just prosecute criminals than help to prevent a crime. In reality though,