will discuss the role of the magistrate and jury in the English and Welsh legal decision-making process. It will assess both the advantages and disadvantages of both mechanisms and give an opinion on the contribution they make in the process. The role of a lay magistrate is one that is at the core of the legal system in England & Wales. They help maintain the foundation of the criminal justice system and deal with approximately 98% of all criminal matters. The sheer volume of cases that they
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Criminal Procedure Policy Savannah Slorp CJA/353 August 23‚ 2010 Mr. Krauser Abstract Criminal procedures are safeguards against the indiscriminate application of criminal laws and the wanton treatment of suspected criminals. Specifically‚ they are designed to enforce the constitutional rights of criminal suspects and defendants‚ beginning with initial police contact and continuing through arrest‚ investigation‚ trial‚ sentencing‚ and appeals. The main constitutional provisions regarding
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A jury is a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence provided in a court of law by both parties. This verdict is given by the foreman who is appointed by other members of the jury. Other duties of the foreman involve asking questions on behalf of the jury and facilitating jury discussions. The verdict given by the foreman can be either guilty or not guilty as there is no such verdict as “innocent” and this is given after the hearing of the evidence. The size of the
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What Is It? The criminal justice system is the set of agencies and processes established by governments to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws. There is no single criminal justice system in the United States but rather many similar‚ individual systems. How the criminal justice system works in each area depends on the jurisdiction that is in charge: city‚ county‚ state‚ federal or tribal government or military installation. Different jurisdictions have different laws‚ agencies
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Plea Bargains and Mandatory Sentencing I would like to take this time to explain my position on Plea Bargains and Mandatory Sentencing. I will show both pros and cons for each topic‚ as well as give you my personal brief on which one I support. There are two types of plea bargains : The first one is a charge bargain. When the prosecutor allows a defendant to "plead guilty to a lesser charge"‚ or to only some of the charges that have been filed against him. For example‚ a defendant charged
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Subject : EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION Cluster : Core Spln-HRM Credit Hours : 2 Subject Code : 23HERS Faculty : Ms. Sreelatha OBJECTIVES: This course provides students with an in-depth coverage of the recruiting and staffing function within organizations. Topics that will be particularly emphasized include: equal employment opportunity and other laws relating to staffing‚ the techniques used in recruitment and selection‚ validation‚ and utility analysis. The course
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recent years judicial selection has become an issue of great debate with many different views and ways to make it better. In Texas‚ judicial selection is carried out by partisan elections where voters get to choose the judges and justices. This form of judicial selection has many advantages as well as some disadvantages. One advantage of judicial selection by election is that it gives the voters the power in the selection. This allows Texans to be sure that the selection process is kept “…out of the
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The Criminal Justice System: Unfair to Minorities and the Less Social Elite The criminal justice system of the United States is said to be a fair system. The system is not supposed to discriminate against different races‚ religious groups or social classes‚ everyone is supposed to get the same equal treatment. Unfortunately that’s not the case. Many different types of people including African American’s‚ Hispanics and the poor are getting unfair treatment in the criminal justice system. The
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to proclaim an innocent person guilty while knowing the truth. People are so suddenly blinded by their biased opinions and can’t seem to accept the truth. This is shown in the The Scottsboro Trials‚ which was a series of trials that involved nine Negro boys that were accused of raping two white women. The trial was actually a false allegation‚ of which the two white women were at fault. Furthermore‚ in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the character Tom Robinson had a case that was very
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organisation‚ and based on Collins’s quote‚ having the right people is most crucial. This requires a hiring process that is not only effective‚ but beneficial to the organisation. With that said‚ many organisations have different hiring processes‚ still‚ it can be generalised based on the organisations’ countries of origins. Among the popular ones are management practices from two of the world’s largest economies by nominal GDP: the United States of America (hereinafter the US) and Japan
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