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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Prosecution versus Defense Within the walls of any courtroom exemplified is the adversarial system of the United States of America between prosecutors and attorneys. In a logical sense‚ both roles and responsibilities are somewhat similar but contrasting. A prosecutor’s primary role is that of a minister of justice‚ and not simply that of an advocate in guarding the rights of the accused as well as enforcing the rights of the public (Tragos‚ n.d.). Of course‚ as a minister of justice and
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Prosecution versus Defense Your name CJS/220 March 18‚2012 There are important people in the adversarial system used through the United States. The defense counsel referred to as the defense attorney‚ renders services on behalf of the indicted and exhibits legal defense for the client‚ and search for legal justification when appropriate. The other half of the defense counsel is the prosecutor. Prosecuting attorneys is an agent for the public‚ preferably not individualized people‚ and in extent
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university of phoenix | Prosecution Versus Defense | CJS/220 | | | 2/9/2011 | | | Prosecution versus Defense The role of defense attorneys and prosecutors are both similar yet different in a few ways. For starters‚ they are both attorneys with different goals and responsibilities. The prosecutor’s goal and commitment is to society as a whole even though he or she may indeed be representing a person. His or her goal is to prove the accused to be guilty and seek punishment
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prosecutor and a defense attorney are different in a lot of ways. In all cases‚ the prosecution is the lawyer that acts on behalf of the state and victim(s) in a case. The defense counsel is the lawyer who represents the party being accused in the legal matter that they are charged in. Both are present in court and debate back and forth against the evidence being presented‚ proving that the defendant is to be found guilty or innocent. One major difference is that the prosecution is to seek justice
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Prosecution versus Defense The role of a defense counsel and a prosecutor are alike and different in a few ways. They both are attorneys; a prosecutor’s goal is to put the defendant in jail or behind bars and prove them guilty the defense counsel is doing the opposite defending the defendant. They both will work hard for their client; the prosecutor works for the state and the defense counsel works independently. One cannot hire a prosecutor but one can hire a defense attorney. They both; the prosecutor
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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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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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MR. CROOK’S LEGAL DEFENSE CJ 227 Criminal Procedure Unit 8 Explaining Legal Procedure and Defense PRE-ARREST PROCESS • Mr. Crook‚ the following information is provided to you to assist you through your legal process since you have been identified as a suspect to a robbery. • Any information you tell me is confidential by attorney-client privilege. • I will make arrangements for you to turn yourself into local authorities. • Once you have surrendered yourself you will be searched and booked. • During
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ASSINGMENT 2 With reference to decided cases and other relevant authorities distinguish the tort of malicious prosecution from false imprisonment. Malicious Prosecution is an action for damages brought by one against whom a civil suit or criminal proceeding has been unsuccessfully commenced without Probable Cause and for a purpose other than that of bringing the alleged offender to justice. Whereas false imprisonment
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