states that higher immorality refers to a "moral insensitivity among the most wealthy and powerful members of the US power elite" (Simon‚ 2006‚ p.47). With the spate of criminal cases appearing in the media‚ such as Martha Stewart and Enron‚ there definitely appears to be a trend of higher immorality. In addition to criminal cases‚ there are various other examples of immorality among the power elite. A recent event that supports the existence of higher immorality is the recent confession of San Francisco
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In criminal cases‚ there is always a need for evidence to convict the suspected criminal of breaking the law; however‚ because people have an expectation of privacy‚ warrants‚ legal permission to obtain evidence‚ are required before searching and/or seizing someone’s things‚ writings‚ electronic data‚ etc. without the permission of the person being targeted. Before a warrant can be issued‚ there must be probable cause‚ sufficient reason to believe that a person committed a crime‚ present. This
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Medicare benefits‚ and got married. But the ex-con is not really Larry Smith -- he is Joseph Kidd‚ posing as Smith. The real Larry Smith is 67‚ lives in Florida and has experienced 17 years of trouble because of Kidd ’s adventures. The real Smith has no criminal record‚ but was jailed for eight days and had liens against his taxes because Kidd tarnished his record. Smith was also denied medical care and had his driver ’s license suspended‚ the station reports. Placer County Sheriffs Deputies discovered that
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Criminal court cases often require critical thinking and analyzing. From anything to petty theft and murder require specific amounts of justice or discipline so to speak. After reading the Case of Mary Burnett and analyzing the testimonies I believe the defendant should be found not guilty on charges of 2nd degree murder. After analyzing this case the hard facts have been derived. The defendant is Mary Burnett who is charged with leaving her child at home unattended while she went to California
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2000 CASE DIGESTS C R I M I N A L L A W SUMMARY OF DOCTRINES JUSTIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES Self-Defense The invocation of self-defense is an admission of the killing and its authorship. By this admission‚ the burden of proof shifts to the accused who must establish all elements of the justifying circumstance. The nature and number of wounds inflicted disprove the plea of self-defense because they demonstrate determined effort to kill and not just defend himself. (People v. Magayac
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16443 March 21‚ 1921 FACTS: When Leona Laciste endeavored to set fire to the house of Martina Rivera in which 2 children of the latter were sleeping‚ the two women grappled and Leona Laciste was boloed to death by Martina Rivera. As a result‚ a criminal prosecution for murder was initiated in the Court of First Instance on La Union. DECISION OF THE LOWER COURT: Guilty of Homicide. ISSUE: Whether or not Martina Rivera is guilty of homicide. DECISION OF THE APPELLATE COURT: Judgment of
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A Diamond Personality-Criminal Justice Case Study The individual assignment is to read the Case Study‚ A Diamond Personality‚ and answer the four discussion questions that follow the Case Study. The subject of this personality case study is Oscar Rodriguez. Rodriguez is a 38-year-old entrepreneur who owns an Internet business that sells loose diamonds to various buyers. This paper will summarize the case study and then conclude by answering the personality questions. When Rodriguez moved
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home remedies gleaned off the Internet? That’s the question confronting an Alberta judge who must soon decide if a mother’s withholding of professional medical care from her 7-year-old son‚ who eventually died from an acute bacterial infection‚ was criminal negligence or simply a well-intentioned but misguided decision. It’s the second time this year Alberta parents have landed in court because their children died after they refused to take them to a doctor or hospital and instead treated them with
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that “they may exacerbate unwarranted and unjust disparities that are already far too common in our criminal justice system and in our society”. The Sentencing Commission did not do a study however‚ ProPublica issued an article called Machine Bias in May 2016. They compare the risk assessment of individual arrested with the same crime but of different races. ProPublica compared two burglary cases. Brisha Borden an 18 year-old black female to that of Vernon Prater a 41 year-old white male;
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this unfortunate truth‚ a clause was written into Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that sets the standard of proof for such cases to be “preponderance of evidence”‚ rather than “beyond a reasonable doubt”. If “preponderance of evidence” is not a high enough standard for our judicial system‚ then it should not be an acceptable standard for cases of criminal nature within our schools; Furthermore‚ it leaves open countless possibilities for defamation of innocent parties and internal system
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