Axia College Material Appendix C Courtroom Participants Directions Review pp. 216-35 in The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System. Identify five courtroom participants listed in the text between pp. 216-35. Then‚ describe each courtroom participant’s role you chose. Each response must be about 30 words in length. Then‚ select examples from fictional portrayals of the courtroom found in books‚ movies‚ and television‚ for example‚ The Runaway Jury‚ A Few Good Men‚ or Law and Order to make
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1) Public Interest Litigation: The words `Public Interest’ mean "the common well being also public welfare (Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edn. Vol.Xll) and the word ’Litigation’ means "a legal action including all proceedings therein‚ initiated in a court of law with the purpose of enforcing a right or seeking a remedy." Thus‚ the expression `Public Interest Litigation’ means "some litigations conducted for the benefit of public or for removal of some public grievance." In simple words‚ public
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NEED FOR DECENTRALISATION OF JUDICIAL PROCESS Fifty years after independence‚ the entire judicial system is on the verge of collapse. While the superior courts have earned praise from citizens for intervening in citizen’s concerns raised through public interest petitions‚ only those with resources or cunning can hope to get ordinary justice. In India congestion and delays are pervasive in administration of both civil and criminal justice. There are about 20 million cases pending in lower courts
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The Judicial System Donna Sarvis CRJ 201 – Introduction to Criminal Justice Instructor – Michael Pozesny July 29‚ 2013 The Judicial System In the United States the criminal justice system consists of three branches‚ Judicial‚ Executive and Legislative. Each of these branches has its own individual duties that they have to perform. For this paper I have chosen the Judicial Branch and its differences from the other two branches‚ this paper will discuss and clarify exactly what the Judicial
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I attended the District Court at 201 West Picacho Ave on March 7‚ 2011. I sat in on judge Mike Murphy’s court. Judge Murphy started court promptly at 9:00 a.m. but before I got into the court I had to wait in a long line of about 30 people. then when I finally got to the court house door I had to go through a metal detector where I had to take off my belt and shoes and everything metal on my persons. Then I asked one of the officers working the metal dictator how I could ask to sit in on a criminal
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Judicial activism is gaining prominence in the present days. In the form of Public Interest Litigation (PIL)‚ citizens are getting access to justice. Judiciary has become the centre of controversy‚ in the recent past‚ on account of the sudden (Me in the level of judicial intervention. The area of judicial intervention has been steadily expanding through the device of public interest litigation. The judiciary has shed its pro-status-quo approach and taken upon itself the duty to enforce the basic
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While the problem of delay looks daunting‚ it can be dealt with‚ by having more fast track Courts‚ making judicial services more attractive thereby attracting good lawyers and filling up all vacancies at various Courts. We can conclude from the above discussion that we should not resort in extra-ordinary hurry-up of cases by whatever means. As justice delayed is justice denied‚ similarly‚ the saying‚ justice hurried is justice buried is equally true. Therefore‚ sufficient‚ reasonable and due hearing
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Criminal courts final review · what is a court? i. an agency or unit of the judicial branch of govern.‚authoried or established by statue which has the authority to decide upon cases · What is adjudication? i. the process by which a court arrives at a decision regarding a case · What type of court system do we run? i. Dual court system · Understand Due Process clause i. portion of the 14th amendement ; used by U.S supreme court to make certain protections in the Bill of rights applicable
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AJS 502 January 28‚ 2013 Instructor: Kevin Moore Court Systems As the gavel sounds there is silence in the courtroom. The Judge has made his final decision‚ and the outcome is life without the possibility of parole. The courtroom is filled with mixed emotions and the prosecution and family have a sense of justice‚ although the family of the perpetrator feels anguish. Criminal court is perceived as the place of justice where criminals are punished and the victims get closure
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Courtroom Work Group Alfreda Simmons CJA/204 12/13/14 Mary Ellen Frias Courtroom Work Group There are many parts of the courtroom work group professionals who successfully pursuit justice and the process of convicting a criminal. The courtroom work group has a major role in convicting and finalizing a case. In the courtroom work group‚ there are three groups of people that hold the entire courtroom together. Without the work group‚ the courtroom would not flow‚ and coming to a conclusion to the case
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