structured sentencing system for the District. The Commission concluded that the District could benefit from a comprehensive structured sentencing system. Next‚ the Commission embarks the difficult task of creating workable sentencing guidelines for felonies. As Washington‚ DC follows the lead of other jurisdictions as well as an earlier effort in the District‚ the Commission developed two grids: one for drug cases and one for all other cases in the direction of the dominant factors in sentencing: the
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EN101S March 13‚ 2013 Annotated Bibliography “A Check on Bad Eyewitness Identifications.” New York Times. (6 Dec. 2012): A.34. National Newspapers Core. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. This article is about how the Oregon Supreme Court made a decision on how eyewitness identification is to be used in criminal trials. The article states that misidentification is the country’s leading cause of wrongful convictions. In the ruling‚ it states that eyewitness should be subject to stricter standards. The court took
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Making unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings is against the law and may subject you to civil and criminal liability. A civil law suit could hold you responsible for thousands of dollars in damages. Criminal charges may leave you with a felony record‚ accompanied by up to five years of jail time and fines up to $250‚000. You may find this surprising. After all‚ compact discs may be easily be copied multiple times with inexpensive CD-R burning technology. 3. How much can you get fined
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violent felons. Consequently‚ California legislatures agreed to install a plan of action‚ which evolved‚ to their “three strikes” sentencing law. This creation of the “three strikes” fundamentally means that those who are found guilty of serious felonies for a third time are at risk of being locked up for 25 years to life. Life is all about consequences and those who choose to disobey the law must own up to and face their punishments. Criminals who are repeatedly in and out of the justice system
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Incarceration or Rehabilitation for Non-Violent Drug Offenders Statistics have proven that incarceration alone is a monetary pitfall and does not deter the cluster of non-violent drug related crimes in this country. We need to create an alternative habilitation pattern for these offenders including an assessment of their mental health‚ specialized life skills training‚ and occupational employment assistance: in some cases‚ in lieu of incarceration and in others‚ in conjunction with incarceration
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Tennessee v. Garner was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that under the Fourth Amendment‚ when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect‚ he or she may use deadly force only to prevent escape if the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others. Before Tennessee v. Garner some states had it written in law that they could use any means in order to apprehend a fleeing
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The Murder Mystery of Mrs. Remington It was an overcast afternoon in Virginia. The police were responding to an alleged murder at the Remington’s Residence. The Abode was a yellow duplex that was not well maintained by either Family. Mrs. Remington‚ at the age forty-seven‚ had been discovered dead in her bedroom and was reported by her husband midafternoon on Saturday. After law enforcement secured the premises‚ a detective was directed toward the scene. Detective Watson and his assistant investigated
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Shalom Seals is a 17 year old African American male who is currently before the court for disposition. On April 24‚ 2017‚ Shalom appeared before the Honorable Judge Earle C. Mobley of the Portsmouth Juvenile Domestic Relations Court charged with assault and battery. Shalom was represented by Deputy Public Defender Bernadine Gerlach and the Commonwealth was represented by Artisha Gregg. After all evidence was fully heard‚ Shalom was found guilty of assault and battery. A social history was ordered
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I had the opportunity to visit a district court felony trial and a justice court misdemeanor DUI. These two courts were very different from start to finish from the atmosphere‚ length of the case‚ and how the lawyers acted. Stepping into each of these courtrooms was like stepping into two different worlds. While the proceedings may have been similar‚ the environments were completely opposite. The first court I attended was a district court case that was supposed to be a jury trial. The presiding
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Have you read any Agatha Christie yet? Because she is extremely awesome and not boring and conventional like you might think. In fact‚ her 1926 novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was so controversial when it came out (due to a twist ending that I’m not going to reveal) that critics were divided and other mystery writers aghast. In this mystery a widow has apparently committed suicide one year after her husband’s mysterious death. The town doctor confirms the death and later dines with a friend
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