Legal Defenses JB August 19‚ 2013 CJS/220 ESTANISLAO ROSAS In the readings that I have done I have found that there are three different types of legal defenses‚ they are: self-defense‚ insanity‚ and provocation. In a case where a person is charged with first degree premeditated murder‚ if they were to use one of the three defenses the punishment would not be the maximum that is normally imposed depending on the crime and type of defense that is used. If reasonable force
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Case Attrition CJS/220 March 28‚ 2012 The exercising of discretion by all system actors‚ public and private‚ and from the nature of the criminal process itself is a result of case attrition. Basically‚ case attrition is when an arrest does not end in a trial conviction‚ which happens quite often in the court justice system. This is not new experience‚ nor one limited to the United States; several other Western countries and in the early parts of the twentieth century
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Law Opinion Paper Autumn Smith CJS/220 March 31‚ 2013 Lacey Martz Law Opinion Introduction In the paragraphs below I am going to examine and explain the creation of U.S. laws. In doing this I will take into consideration common law heritage. I am going to close the paper with my own opinion of what laws should and should not be a law and what should be considered when laws are made. The Creation of Laws In democracies such as ours‚ laws are the rules set by public officials. The state
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Check Point Court System Structure The federal courts system is made up of two types of courts; the first type is known as the Article III court. In the article III courts it includes the U.S District Courts‚ the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. It also has two special courts the U.S. Court of Claims and the U.S. Court of International Trade. The judges in the federal court are appointed by the President of the United States‚ with the advice and consent of the Senate
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Law Opinion Paper Leesa A. McNeil Law Opinion Paper The United States Constitution is in effect to protect civilian’s rights. The United States created laws to give a sense of order for the way in which society lives. Laws have become more defined to give a sense of order and decency; the more ancient laws faded and evolved favoring the rights of each person. Despite the fact our government has laws that appear to be obsolete; they go back to a time when morality ruled the day. As
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Law Opinion Paper Lisa Bryant CJS/220 The Court System August 25‚ 2013 Darren Brodsky Creation of the United States laws is a very intense process. The law begins as an idea that has been brought to attention. The idea then has to be sponsor as a bill‚ and assigned to a committee for studying. If the bill has been released it will be added to the calendar to be voted on. If the bill passes by the majority votes it will then be passed to the Senate. The bill then will be passed by both
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system (CJS). Discretion is the judgment or decision implemented through values‚ facts‚ and principles. In the CJS‚ it is the authority given to a decision maker to decide between alternatives or no alternatives. Discretion can be used by police in the area of the criminal investigation process. Its role is continuous from sentencing judgments to the point of detaining offenders in prison past their sentencing period. Discretion also allows individuals’ circumstances to be considered‚ as the law at times
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CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT 2012 Twitter‚ Facebook‚ Multiply‚ Tumblr‚ Wattpad‚ Youtube‚ Myspace‚ and other social-networking sites and blogs have been protesting last month all because of one law. It was just all because of one republic act that they did not even tried to read completely‚ the CYBERCRIME LAW. As written in the order of the congress‚ the Republic Act No. 10175‚ also known as the “Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012” recognizes the importance of providing an environment conducive
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Quizlet study cards:http://quizlet.com/22983674/cj-305-police-ethics-flash-cards/ Final Review: CJ 305 Bring Green Scantron! police required to read the citizen their rights who are arrested by police -Miranda was convicted of rape. Gideon v Wainright (case): -Courts are required to provide counsel. -Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceedings which could jail or imprison the defendant; warren court’s judicial activism in criminal rights
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Introductions to Corrections Heather Cunningham CJS/230 April 3‚ 2013 Viviyonne Lee Punishment is the infliction of an unpleasant or negative experience on an offender in response to an offense. Today‚ punishment includes rehabilitation‚ deterrence‚ retribution‚ incapacitation‚ and reparation. Punishment is a penalty that results as a rule or law violation. Once a criminal has been punished through physical or economic sanctions then the criminal is considered square with his victim along
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